“…Mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphisms (mtSNPs) C1310T, A1382C, G1438A, A1202G, A3252G, A3256T, A3264C, A3271C, T3290C, C3303T, G3316A, T3394C, A5178C, A8296G, A8344G, A10398G, G11778A, A12026G, C12258A, T14577C, T14709C, T16519C, A14693G and T16189C etc have been reported to be associated with T2DM (Tawata et al 2000;Mohlke et al 2005;Salles et al 2007;Liou et al 2007;Bhat et al 2007a, b). Most of these variants are rare and many are associated with additional traits such as deafness, neurological symptoms, or myopathy.…”