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A New Chronology for the Human mtDNA Tree
The tree was obtained by combining six trees constructed separately, with branch lengths estimated with maximum likelihood and the time-dependent molecular clock. Number and presence of clades is dependent on availability of data and not on worldwide frequencies. Ages are expressed in kya.
