In human genetics, Haplogroup A is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup. Human genetics is the study of genetics as applied to humans. ... This article is about modern humans. ... Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA, or less popularly, mDNA) is DNA that is located in mitochondria. ... A haplogroup is a large group of haplotypes, which are series of alleles at specific locations on the chromosome. ...

Haplogroup A is believed to have arisen in Asia some 60,000 years before present. Its ancestral haplogroup was Haplogroup N.

Haplogroup A is found throughout modern Asia. Its subgroup A1 is found in northern and central Asia, while its subgroup A2 is found in Siberia and is also one of five haplogroups found in the indigenous peoples of the Americas, the others being B, C, D, and X. Siberia is also an album by Echo & The Bunnymen. ... A Hupa man, 1923 The term indigenous peoples of the Americas encompasses the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European explorers in the 15th century, as well as many present-day ethnic groups who identify themselves with those historical peoples. ... In human genetics, Haplogroup X is a mitochondrial DNA (or mtDNA) haplogroup, ie a group of possible DNA sequences for a cell mitochondria. ...

In his popular book The Seven Daughters of Eve, Bryan Sykes named the originator of this mtDNA haplogroup Aiyana. The Seven Daughters of Eve is a book by Bryan Sykes that presents the theory of mitochondrial genetics in a clear and non-specialistic manner. ... Bryan Sykes is professor of human genetics at the University of Oxford. ...

See also

• Mitochondrial genetics

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External links

• Spread of Haplogroup A, from National Geographic