Table 1. Preliminary weighting scheme for mtDNA mutations [40] .

Weight	Region	Type of Mutation	Mutation/Site/Fragment
0	HVS-I	C run length polymorphism	16182C, 16183C, C indels scored at 16193
	HVS-II	C run length polymorphism	C indels scored at 309 and 315
	HVS-III	Dinucleotide repeat	AC indels in 515–524 (alias CA indels in 514–523)
		C run length polymorphism	C indels scored at 573
½	HVS-I & 16519	Transition	16051 16078 16086 16092 16093 16111 16114 16124 16126 16129 16140 16145 16147 16148 16150 16163 16172 16173 16176 16186 16187 16189 16192 16193 16209 16212 16213 16214 16216 16217 16223 16227 16231 16232 16234 16235 16239 16240 16241 16242 16245 16249 16255 16256 16257 16258 16260 16261 16263 16264 16265 16266 16270 16274 16278 16284 16287 16288 16290 16291 16292 16293 16294 16295 16296 16298 16300 16301 16304 16309 16311 16316 16319 16320 16325 16327 16335 16352 16354 16355 16356 16357 16360 16362 16390 16519
		Transversion	16111A 16188A 16265C
		Indel	16166del
	HVS-II	Transition	93 146 150 151 152 182 183 185 189 194 195 198 199 200 204 207 228
	HVS-III	Transition	499
	Coding	Transition, indel	709, C indels scored at 965
1	Control	Any	All remaining mutations (not listed above)
	Coding	Transition	1438 1598 1719 1888 3010 3394 5147 5231 5460 5821 6182 6221 7055 8251 8790 9545 9554 9950 10398 11914 12007 12172 12501 13105 13359 13368 13708 13966 14110 15110 15217 15514 15924 15930
		Transversion	13928C
2	Coding	Transition	All remaining transitions (not listed above)
		Spacer indel	Indels within 3305–3306 4401 5577–5586 5656 5892–5903 7517 8270–8294 8365 14743–14746 15954
3	Coding	Transversion/indel	All remaining transversions/indels (not listed above)