page_title: Haplogroup L0 (mtDNA)
section_title: Distribution
hierarchical_section_title: Haplogroup L0 (mtDNA) / Distribution
caption_attribution_description: English: Frequency maps based on HVS-I (hypervariable segment I) data for mtDNA haplogroups L0 (total) (A), L0a (B), L0b (C), L0d (D), L0f (E) and L0k (F). (Note that color schemes are different in each maps).
context_page_description: Haplogroup L0 is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup.
context_section_description: L0 is found most commonly in Sub-Saharan Africa. It reaches its highest frequency in the Khoisan people at 73% on average. Some of the highest frequencies are: Namibia (!Xun) 79%, South Africa (Khwe/!Xun) 83%, and Botswana (!Kung) 100%.
  Haplogroup L0d is found among Khoisan groups of Southern Africa closer to the Khoid side with (following L0k) being more Sanid but is largely restricted to the Khoisan as a whole. L0d is also commonly found in the Coloured population of South Africa and frequencies range from 60% to 71%.   This illustrates the massive maternal contribution of Khoisan people to the Coloured population of South Africa.
  Haplogroups L0k is the second most common haplogroup in the Khoisan groups closer to the Sanid side with (following L0d) being more Khoid but is largely restricted to the Khoisan as a whole. Although the Khoisan associated L0d haplogroup were found in high frequencies in the Coloured population of South Africa, L0k were not observed in two studies involving large groups of Coloured individuals.
  Haplogroup L0f is present in relatively small frequencies in Tanzania, East Africa among the Sandawe people of Tanzania who are older than the Khoisan.
  Haplogroup L0a is most prevalent in South-East African populations (25% in Mozambique).
  Among Guineans, it has a frequency between 1% and 5%, with the Balanta group showing increased frequency of about 11%. Haplogroup L0a has a Paleolithic time depth of about 33,000 years and likely reached Guinea between 10,000 and 4,000 years ago. It also is often seen in the Mbuti and Biaka Pygmies. L0a is found at a frequency of almost 25% in Hadramawt (Yemen).
  Haplogroup L0b Ethiopia.
caption: Frequency maps for L0 (total), L0a, L0b, L0d, L0f and L0k
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