Carriers of human mitochondrial DNA macrohaplogroup M colonized India from southeastern Asia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

From a mtDNA dominant perspective, the exit from Africa of modern humans to colonize Eurasia occurred once, around 60 kya, following a southern coastal route across Arabia and India to reach Australia short after. These pioneers carried with them the currently dominant Eurasian lineages M and N. Based also on mtDNA phylogenetic and phylogeographic grounds, some authors have proposed the coeval existence of a northern route across the Levant that brought mtDNA macrohaplogroup N to Australia. To contrast both hypothesis, here we reanalyzed the phylogeography and respective ages of mtDNA haplogroups belonging to macrohaplogroup M in different regions of Eurasia and Australasia.

Results

The macrohaplogroup M has a historical implantation in West Eurasia, including the

SUBMITTER: Marrero P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5105315 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature