Haplogroup E (mtDNA)

In human mitochondrial genetics, Haplogroup E is a which can be used to define genetic populations. It is a subgroup of.

Haplogroup E has a southern Asia distribution. Until now it has been detected in the populations and in the  of ; and it is also present in coastal  as well as in, in the , and in some Pacific islands such as. "E" detected in a few n indigenous populations, carries all the substitutions characteristic of haplogropup and was identified as a back mutation. This revertant C lineage is further characterized by three changes in HVS-II sequence.