nandixon
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I thought it would be interesting to see if a person's mitochondrial DNA/maternal haplogroup has an effect on ME/CFS "phenotype" (characteristic symptoms) after learning that the mtDNA for the J haplogroup has been found to consistently produce less ATP than that of the H haplogroup, all else being equal. (See this post/thread here, and thanks to @Eeyore.)
To answer this poll, if you've done 23andMe please find the first letter of the haplogroup that denotes your maternal line from the following link (you'll need to login first):
https://www.23andme.com/you/haplogroup/maternal/
For example, I'm "J1c" so I belong to the J haplogroup.
You may also have found your mtDNA/maternal haplogroup from other testing services, such as Family Tree DNA, etc.
If your maternal haplogroup is neither H nor J, you're no less important but the differences in ATP production are perhaps not so clear as they are between H and J, so I've combined the remaining haplogroups in the choices for their answers.
If you don't know your maternal haplogroup please do not answer this poll.
Thanks for participating!
To answer this poll, if you've done 23andMe please find the first letter of the haplogroup that denotes your maternal line from the following link (you'll need to login first):
https://www.23andme.com/you/haplogroup/maternal/
For example, I'm "J1c" so I belong to the J haplogroup.
You may also have found your mtDNA/maternal haplogroup from other testing services, such as Family Tree DNA, etc.
If your maternal haplogroup is neither H nor J, you're no less important but the differences in ATP production are perhaps not so clear as they are between H and J, so I've combined the remaining haplogroups in the choices for their answers.
If you don't know your maternal haplogroup please do not answer this poll.
Thanks for participating!