Haplogroup W

Countries where Haplogroup W is found.

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

Haplogroup W appears in the western Ural Mountains and the eastern Baltic, though it is also found in India as well as Spain, Finland, Poland, Iran, Pakistan and Thailand. Its ancestral haplogroup was Haplogroup N.

See also

• Human mitochondrial genetics
• Genealogical DNA test

External links

• Spread of Haplogroup W, from National Geographic
• mtDNA Haplogroup W Project
• The India Genealogical DNA Project

Phylogenetic tree of human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups

Mitochondrial Eve (L)

L0

L1–6

L1

L2

L3

L4

L5

L6

M

N

CZ

D

E

G

Q

O

A

S

R

I

W

X

Y

C

Z

B

F

R0

pre-JT

P

U

HV

JT

K

H

V

J

T