Haplogroup V (mtDNA)

In, Haplogroup V is a  (mtDNA).

Haplogroup V is believed to have originated approximately 12,000 years before present, possibly in. It is found with particularly high concentrations in the population of northern Scandinavia, as well as the  and somewhat higher among the isolated s  in nearby.

Haplogroup V derives from the, which also gave rise to.

In his popular book ', named the originator of this mtDNA haplogroup '.