Please cite the mtDNA tree as follows:
van Oven M, Kayser M. 2009. Updated comprehensive phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation. Hum Mutat 30(2):E386-E394. http://www.phylotree.org.
Here we provide a phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation, based on both coding and control region mutations, and including haplogroup nomenclature. This mtDNA tree is meant as a framework for evolutionary anthropologists, medical geneticists, genealogists and forensic geneticists. The tree will be updated at least every six months (unless no new data has appeared).
mtDNA tree Build 4 (10 May 2009)
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Additional resources
The revised Cambridge Reference Sequence (rCRS), annotated
Genomic organization of human mtDNA, linearized view
Curated database of 5860 entire human mtDNA sequences (updated 8 Jun 2009)
mtDNA sequences of human’s closest relatives
Maintained by Mannis van Oven (m.vanoven @ erasmusmc.nl)
Department of Forensic Molecular Biology
Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
The Netherlands