Table 2

Estimated ages (years) for different sub-clades of N1a haplogroup

Clade

No. of mtDNAs

all coding-region base substitutions

only synonymous transitions

age^a

age^b

age^c

age^b

age^d

age^e

N1a

19

23,541 ± 6,476

21,114 ± 5,809

19,616 ± 7,576

22,185 ± 8,568

22,864 ± 8,830

23,171 ± 8,949

N1a1

17

18,761 ± 5,037

16,827 ± 4,518

13,934 ± 5,005

15,759 ± 5,661

16,241 ± 5,834

16,459 ± 5,913

N1a1a1

10

8,738 ± 2,570

7,837 ± 2,305

6,764 ± 2,841

7,650 ± 3,213

7,884 ± 3,311

7,990 ± 3,356

N1a1a1a

3

11,976 ± 5,140

10,741 ± 4,610

8,996 ± 5,546

10,175 ± 6,273

10,486 ± 6,465

10,627 ± 6,552

N1a1a2

4

5,140 ± 2,570

4,610 ± 2,305

3,382 ± 2,367

3,825 ± 2,678

3,942 ± 2,759

3,995 ± 2,797

a. - mutation rate of Mishmar et al. [35]

b. - mutation rate of Perego et al. [37]

c. - mutation rate of Kivisild et al. [36]

d. - mutation rate of Soares et al. [38]

e. - mutation rate of Loogvali et al. [39]

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