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. 2010 Jul 30;5(7):e11898. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011898

Table 5. mtDNA haplogroup frequencies among ancient and extant populations.

Hg Ancient Danes(%)(No) AncientBritons(%)(No) ExtantDanes(%)(No) ExtantScandinavians(%)(No)
H 35.7 (20) - - 41.0 (83) 48.5 (313)
I 12.5 (7) 2.1 (1) 2.5 (5) 1.9 (12)
J 10.7 (6) 8.3 (4) 13.0 (26) 10.2 (66)
K 7.1 (4) 2.1 (1) 9.5 (19) 5.0 (32)
T 7.1 (4) 22.9 (11) 8.5 (17) 8.8 (57)
U 19.6 (11) 16.7 (8) 12.5 (25) 16.3 (105)
V 1.8 (1) 4.2 (2) 3.5 (7) 5.7 (37)
W 0.0 (0) 4.2 (2) 0.5 (1) 1.6 (10)
X 1.8 (1) 4.2 (2) 1.0 (2) 0.6 (4)
Others 3.6 (2) 35.5 (17) 8.0 (16) 1.0 (9)
Total 100 (56) 100 (48) 100 (201) 100 (645)

The haplogroup frequencies of ancient Danes compared with ancient Britons (AD 300–1000) [20], Extant Danes [35] and Extant Scandinavians [61]. In the study by Töpf et al. (2006) [20] the frequency of Hg H was included among Hg “others”.