title: Phylogeny of east Asian mitochondrial DNA lineages inferred from complete sequences.
abstract: The now-emerging mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) population genomics provides information for reconstructing a well-resolved mtDNA phylogeny and for discerning the phylogenetic status of the subcontinentally specific haplogroups. Although several major East Asian mtDNA haplogroups have been identified in studies elsewhere, some of the most basal haplogroups, as well as numerous minor subhaplogroups, were not yet determined or fully characterized. To fill the lacunae, we selected 48 mtDNAs from >2,000 samples across China for complete sequencing that cover virtually all (sub)haplogroups discernible to date in East Asia. This East Asian mtDNA phylogeny can henceforth serve as a solid basis for phylogeographic analyses of mtDNAs, as well as for studies of mitochondrial diseases in East and Southeast Asia.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: Qing-Peng
authors.initials: QP
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Yong-Gang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Chang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Hans-Jürgen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Bandelt
authors.forename: Chun-Ling
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Ya-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D002681:China; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000145:classification*; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial