The groups around the M* are mainly East Asian groups. The sequences for the M5 haplogroup are: 1. Kong A40.JS AY255172(Chinese) 2. Kivisild (2)A50.JS DQ112875(Asia) CODING AREA ONLY 3. Sun A7.JS AY922259 4. Sun A8.JS AY922260 5. Sun A21.JS AY922273 6. Sun A29.JS AY922281 7. Sun A30.JS AY922282 8. Sun A33.JS AY922285 9. Sun A37.JS AY922289 10. Sun A40.JS AY922292 11. Rajkumar A4.JS DQ246814(India) 12. Rajkumar A22.JS DQ246832(India) 13. Thangaraj DQ408675.2(Gadaba) 14. Malyarchuk A2.JS EF583176(Russia) 15. Hartmann2 A28.JS EU597563(Brahui, Pakistan HGDP00005) 16. Behar2008 A48.JS EF556195 17. Fornarino FJ770949(India) M5a1 10-AUG-2009 18. Fornarino FJ770955(Nepal) M5a 10-AUG-2009 The sequences has these differences from the CRS: - for the main stem leading from H: A73G A263G A750G A1438G A2706G A4769G C7028T A8701G A8860G T9540C A10398G T10873C G11719A C12705T C14766T G15301A A15326G C16223T - and for the M* branch: T489C C10400T T14783C G15043A - and for M5 G1888A G16129A T16519C - and ignoring changes at 309 & 315. the mutation list is: 1. Kong A40.JS AY255172(Chinese) T125C T127C C522. A523. A633G C4170T C5288T T5492C T5580C T5814C T11353C A12030G A12358G G12372A G14569A T14727C C14774T A15010G T15344C T16172C C16234T C16290T T16311C 2. Kivisild (2)A50.JS DQ112875(Asia) G709A C3921T A4916G G8697A G9064A G11016A T12477C G14323A T15287C 3. Sun A7.JS AY922259 G709A C3921T T4454C C8930A C11986T T12477C G14323A 4. Sun A8.JS AY922260 G709A C3921T T4454C C8930A C11986T T12477C G14323A 5. Sun A21.JS AY922273 G709A A3399G C3921T T4454C A6905G G7226A T12477C G14323A T15262C T16144A C16148T 6. Sun A29.JS AY922281 T146C C150T T333C 523.C 523.A C575T A3144G G3483A C4851T A5319G G5417A T6413C A9632G G13708A 7. Sun A30.JS AY922282 T146C C150T T333C 523.C 523.A C575T A3144G G3483A C4851T A5319G G5417A T6413C A9632G G13708A 8. Sun A33.JS AY922285 G709A C3921T T4454C C8676T G8886A C10334T T12477C G14323A T15262C C16264T A16265C G16319A C16365T 9. Sun A37.JS AY922289 G185A T334C G709A T1780C C3921T A4916G G9064A G11016A T12477C G14323A G15172A T15287C C16291T 10. Sun A40.JS AY922292 C522. A523. A1763G A3744G G6260A T8005C C8281. C8282. C8283. C8284. C8285. T8286. C8287. T8288. A8289. G8572A A8784T A10906G G13368A G16048A A16302G G16390A 11. Rajkumar A4.JS DQ246814(India) T152C A699G G709A C958T C3921T A5675T C7082T C8164T G9305A C10986A T12477C G14323A 12. Rajkumar A22.JS DQ246832(India) A4575G A5268G A6806G A8518G T9824C C10986A G13368A A15752G G16048A 13. Thangaraj DQ408675.2(Gadaba) M5a A189G G709A G3407A C3921T T11365C T12477C G12501A G14323A A14509G 14. Malyarchuk A2.JS EF583176(Russia) M5a1b 523.C 523.A G709A G1303A C3921T C3954T A4916G A6461G T9833C T12477C G14323A T15287C C16291T T16298C 15. Hartmann2 A28.JS EU597563(Brahui, Pakistan HGDP00005) T199C G709A C3921T T4454C G4991A A8158G G10685A T12477C G14323A T15262C 16. Behar2008 A48.JS EF556195 (16129) G709A C3921T T4373C G10589A T12477C T12681C T13617C G14323A C16257T 17. Fornarino FJ770949(India) M5a1 10-AUG-2009 G709A C3921T T4454C A7358G G8886A A9456G T12477C G14323A T15262C G15731A 18. Fornarino FJ770955(Nepal) M5a 10-AUG-2009 T146C G709A C3757T T3826C C3921T C5450A C7669T A7975G T10604C T13020C T13215C G14323A T16093C T16311C