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Table 2 MtDNA and Y-Chromosome mean haplogroup frequencies in the major regions of the African continent

From: Carriers of mitochondrial DNA macrohaplogroup L3 basal lineages migrated back to Africa from Asia around 70,000 years ago

Haplogroup

NW Africa

NE Africa

W Sahel

E Sahel

W Guinea

C Africa

East Guinea

S. Africa

mt-L0

0.90±0.88

2.50±1.00

1.52±0.91

7.56±3.94

2.27±3.03

4.35±2.10

30.55±6.58

56.5±8.03

mt-L1

5.01±1.31

2.72±0.62

17.83±2.90

3.47±2.77

15.78±7.30

34.85±6.55

4.72±3.14

2.13±0.50

mt-L2

7.96±6.37

6.03±3.28

30.88±15.52

19.07±12.91

36.21±11.26

22.35±12.99

10.70±6.99

16.15±16.17

mt-L3

12.06±7.05

13.93±5.74

31.85±17.83

27.06±12.64

36.82±10.66

33.10±17.51

35.59±11.57

23.84±18.80

mt-L4

0.24±0.14

1.34±0.21

0

4.94±3.19

0

0.20±1.25

9.14±4.78

0.57±0.31

mt-L5

0.02±0.04

0.49±0.68

0

4.23±3.54

0

0.10±1.30

2.47±1.84

0.45±0.23

mt-L6

0.04±0.09

0.08±0.12

0

0.91±1.41

0

0

0.27±0.38

0

mtMN

73.77± 10.88

72.91±7.70

17.92±5.02

32.76±4.56

8.92±3.34

5.05±3.13

6.56±4.73

0.36±0.28

Y-A

0.09±0.15

0.68±0.95

0

10.72±4.73

1.18±1.85

0.59±0.42

7.95±8.54

8.45±2.90

Y-B

0.34±0.31

0

0

8.96±13.18

2.14±3.23

7.23±3.48

17.48±10.97

10.70±3.34

Y-E

76.65±15.46

49.64±17.76

84.10±13.72

51.01±23.12

92.76±6.46

79.16±22.13

73.24±20.48

69.51±25.70

Y-F

22.92±7.35

49.68±8.00

15.90±5.36

29.31±6.08

3.92±2.87

13.02±3.44

1.33±1.21

11.34±4.12