v4/R15
EMPOP Release R15 contains more than 83,500 mtDNA sequences, including over 24,000 complete mitogenomes, representing another substantial increase in the size and coverage of the database. This growth considerably strengthens EMPOP as a resource for forensic, population and phylogenetic mtDNA analyses, but it also increases the computational demands of database searches. Although EMPOP uses the optimized SAM2 query engine, searches involving complete mitogenomes may therefore take noticeably longer than control-region searches. EMPOP is an academic, freely accessible project without external operational funding, and the available computing infrastructure is consequently limited. We kindly ask users for some patience while mtDNA queries are being processed, particularly for full-mitogenome searches. We appreciate your understanding and continued support of EMPOP.
Release 15 adds 20,141 new mitotypes. EMPOP now holds 24,272 forensic quality full mitogenomes.
The length-variant hotspot at 524 (AC-repeat region, ~514–524) is now available as a checkbox in the "Disregard InDels" settings and is disregarded by default.
EMPOP has transitioned from PhyloTree 17 to mitoLEAF, providing the latest haplogroup tree and nomenclature. Check out the publication here. Details of the changed nomenclature can be found in Supplementary Table S1.
Release 14 adds 16,074 new mitotypes from 33 countries. EMPOP now holds 10,648 forensic quality full mitogenomes.