“…For interpopulation comparison purposes, published data on both HVI haplogroups and sequence variations in the hypervariable regions HVI and HVII from many other human groups worldwide were compiled. Thus, mtDNA haplogroup data in Georgians were compared to the following 23 populations: Andalusian, Catalonian, Portuguese, Algerian (Coˆrte-Real et al 1996), British (Piercy et al 1993), North Portuguese (Pereira et al 1999), Tuscan (Francalacci et al 1996), South German (Lutz et al 1998), North-West German (Pfeiffer et al 1999), Austrian, Spanish, Egyptian, Japanese, subSaharan African, African-Americans (USA), European Americans (USA), Hispanic, Navajo (Budowle et al 1999), Basque (unpublished data), Kung (Vigilant et al 1991), French (pooled from Rousselet and Mangin 1998;Budowle et al 1999), Korean (pooled from Pfeiffer et al 1998;Budowle et al 1999), and Taiwanese (pooled from Melton et al 1995;Budowle et al 1999).…”