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Table 4 mtDNA haplogroup counts 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*

19

23

19

30

22

48

37

0

13

198

   C

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

   D

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

0

   G

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

   Z

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

N-lineages

          

   N*

0

0

1

0

0

0

2

0

2

3

   W

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

   R

1

3

8

1

1

11

4

2

6

29

   R5

3

0

0

0

1

1

6

0

0

11

   J

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

6

0

1

   T

1

0

0

0

0

2

1

5

0

4

   HV

3

4

2

1

3

5

1

33

0

19

   U

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

   U5

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

   U5a1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

1

   U5a/b

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

   U2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

   U2-K

4

1

9

2

2

8

1

0

0

27

   U4

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

   U7

2

4

4

0

3

2

1

0

0

16

   U8b

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

   U9

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

2

Total

41

37

43

34

33

80

54

57

28

322

  1. (Lineages grouped by M or N superfamily; *could not be further resolved; see Materials and Methods for marker information.)