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Table 3 mtDNA haplogroup frequencies for South Indian castes and major population groups

From: Genetic variation in South Indian castes: evidence from Y-chromosome, mitochondrial, and autosomal polymorphisms

 

Tamil Nadu

Andhra Pradesh

Major Geographic Groups

Haplogroup

Upper

NTS Upper

Middle

Lower

Upper

Middle

Lower

Europeans

E. Asians

S. Indians

M-lineages

          

   M*

0.463

0.622

0.442

0.882

0.667

0.600

0.685

.

0.464

0.615

   C

0.024

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

0.036

0.003

   D

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

0.179

.

   G

.

.

.

.

.

0.013

.

.

.

0.003

   Z

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

0.036

.

M subtotal

0.487

0.622

0.442

0.882

0.667

0.613

0.685

0

0.715

0.621

N-lineages

          

   N*

.

.

0.023

.

.

.

0.037

.

0.071

0.009

   W

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

0.035

.

.

   R

0.024

0.081

0.186

0.029

0.030

0.138

0.074

0.035

0.214

0.090

   R5

0.073

.

.

.

0.030

0.013

0.111

.

.

0.034

   J

.

.

.

.

.

0.013

.

0.105

.

0.003

   T

0.024

.

.

.

.

0.025

0.019

0.088

.

0.012

   HV

0.073

0.108

0.047

0.029

0.091

0.063

0.019

0.579

.

0.059

   U

0.122

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

0.016

   U5

.

0.027

.

.

.

.

.

0.018

.

0.003

   U5a1

.

0.027

.

.

.

.

.

0.070

.

0.003

   U5a/b

.

.

.

.

.

0.013

.

.

.

0.003

   U2

0.024

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

0.003

   U2-K

0.098

0.027

0.209

0.059

0.061

0.100

0.019

.

.

0.084

   U4

0.024

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

0.003

   U7

0.049

0.108

0.093

.

0.091

0.025

0.019

.

.

0.050

   U8b

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

0.070

.

.

   U9

.

.

.

.

0.030

.

0.019

.

.

0.006

N subtotal

0.511

0.378

0.558

0.117

0.333

0.390

0.317

1.000

0.285

0.378

  1. (Lineages are grouped by M or N super-family; *could not be further resolved)