Table 2.

MtDNA Haplogroup Frequencies in Dravidic and Hindi-Speaking Indians

Haplogroup Dravidic (%) Hindi (%)
upper middle lower total
Asian61 (5.5)64.6 (3.8)71.4 (5.3)65.7 (2.7)55.7 (2.9)
 A0 0 0 0 0.3 (.32)
 B0 0 0 0 0 
 F0 0 0 0 2.7 (.94)
 M61 (5.5)64.6 (3.8)71.4 (5.3)65.7 (2.7)52.7 (2.9)
 M318.6 (4.4)3.5 (1.5)1.4 (1.4)6.6 (1.4)6.0 (1.4)
 M-C0 0 0 0 0.7 (.48)
 M-D0 0 0 0 1.0 (.57)
 M-G0 0.9 (.74)0 0.4 (.36)0 
 M-E0 1.8 (1.1)0 0.8 (.51)0 
West Eurasian23.7 (4.8)14.2 (2.8)7.1 (3.0)14.5 (2.0)27.4 (2.6)
 U2i[iii] 16.9 (4.2)9.7 (2.3)5.7 (2.7)10.3 (1.7)15.3 (2.1)
 W1.7 (1.5)0 0 0.4 (.36)3.7 (.29)
 H3.4 (2.00 0 1.2 (.62)2.3 (.87)
 I0 0 0 0 1.3 (.65)
 J0 0.9 (.75)0 0.4 (.36)0.7 (.48)
 K1.7 (1.5)000.4 (.36)0
 T0 2.7 (1.3)1.4 (1.4)1.7 (.73)1.7 (.75)
 X0 0 0 0 0.7 (.48)
Others15.3 (4.1)21.2 (1.3)21.4 (4.8)19.8 (2.3)16.7 (2.2)

[i] ± standard errors are in parentheses.

[ii] These haplotypes belong to super-haplogroup R (ancestral to haplogroups B, F, H, T, J, V, and U) but do not belong to any previously recognized haplogroup.

[iii] U2i is differentiated from haplogroup U by the presence of a transition at np 16051.