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. 2000 Mar 30;66(4):1362–1383. doi: 10.1086/302848

Table 2.

mtDNA Haplogroup Distribution in African Populations

No. (%) in
Haplogroup Defining Polymorphisms Kung (N=43) Khwe (N=31) Mandenkalu (N=60)a Wolof (N=20)a MbutiPygmies (N=22)a Biaka Pygmies (N=17)a
L +HpaI 3592, +DdeI 10394 36 (84) 21 (68) 44 (73) 14 (70) 22 (100) 17 (100)
L1 +HinfI 10806, −RsaI 2758 34 (79) 16 (52) 17 (28) 4 (20) 8 (36) 15 (88)
L1a +AluI 4310 34 (79) 15 (48) 1 (2) 6 (27) 4 (23)
L1a1 AluI 4853 12 (28) 10 (32) 1 (2) 6 (27) 4 (23)
L1a2 MspI 8112, −MspI 8150, +AvaII 8249, −HaeIII 8250 22 (51) 5 (16)
L1b AluI 7055 1 (3) 16 (27) 4 (20) 11 (65)
L1b1 +MboI 2349 1 (3) 13 (22) 4 (20)
L1b2 +TaqI 9070 3 (5) 11 (65)
L2 +HinfI 16389/−AvaII 16390 2 (5) 5 (16) 27 (45) 10 (50) 14 (64) 2 (12)
L2a +HaeIII 13803 10 (17) 5 (25) 14 (64)
L2b +AluI 4157 2 (5) 5 (16) 3 (15)
L2c HaeIII 322, −DdeI 679, −HaeIII 13957 17 (28) 2 (10)
L3 HpaI 3592 7 (16) 10 (32) 16 (27) 6 (30)
L3a +MboI 2349 2 (5) 9 (29) 4 (7) 1 (5)
L3b MboI 8616 5 (12) 1 (3) 7 (12) 2 (10)
L3c +TaqI 10084 4 (7) 3 (15)
L3d DdeI 10394 1 (2)
a

Data are from Chen et al. (1995).