Haplogroup Z

In human mitochondrial genetics, Haplogroup Z is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup.

Origin
Haplogroup Z is believed to have arisen in Central Asia, and is a descendant of haplogroup CZ.

Distribution
Its greatest clade diversity is found in Korea, northern China, and Central Asia. However, its greatest frequency appears in some peoples of Russia and among the Saami people of northern Scandinavia.

Tree
This phylogenetic tree of haplogroup Z subclades is based on the paper by Mannis van Oven and Manfred Kayser Updated comprehensive phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation and subsequent published research.


 * CZ
 * Z
 * Z1
 * Z1a
 * Z2
 * Z3
 * Z4
 * Z5