Haplogroup L6 (mtDNA)
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| Haplogroup L6 | |
| Possible time of origin | 81,500-129,800 YBP[1] |
| Possible place of origin | East Africa |
| Ancestor | L3'4'6 |
| Descendants | L6a, L6b |
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| Defining mutations | 146, 152, 185C, 709, 770, 961, 1461, 4964, 5267, 6002, 6284, 9332, 10978, 11116, 11743, 12771, 13710, 14791, 14959, 5244, 15289, 15499, 16048, 16224[2] |
In human mitochondrial genetics, Haplogroup L6 is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup. It is a small African haplogroup.[3]
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[edit] Origin
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[edit] Distribution
This haplogroup has been found most often in Yemen and Ethiopia.[4]
[edit] Subclades
[edit] Tree
This phylogenetic tree of haplogroup M subclades is based on the paper by Mannis van Oven and Manfred Kayser Updated comprehensive phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation[2] and subsequent published research.
- L3'4'6
- L6
- L6a
- L6b
- L6
[edit] See also
- Genealogical DNA test
- Genetic Genealogy
- Human mitochondrial genetics
- Population Genetics
- Human mitochondrial DNA haplogroups
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Evolutionary tree of Human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups |
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| Mitochondrial Eve (L) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L0 | L1-6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L1 | L2 | L3 | L4 | L5 | L6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M | N | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CZ | D | E | G | Q | A | S | R | I | W | X | Y | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C | Z | B | F | R0 | pre-JT | P | U | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HV | JT | K | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| H | V | J | T | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ Soares, P; Ermini, L; Thomson, N; Mormina, M; Rito, T; Röhl, A; Salas, A; Oppenheimer, S et al (2009). "Correcting for Purifying Selection: An Improved Human Mitochondrial Molecular Clock". American journal of human genetics 84 (6): 740–59. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.05.001. PMC 2694979. PMID 19500773. http://www.cell.com/AJHG/abstract/S0002-9297(09)00163-3.
- ^ a b van Oven, Mannis; Manfred Kayser (13 Oct 2008). "Updated comprehensive phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation". Human Mutation 30 (2): E386–E394. doi:10.1002/humu.20921. PMID 18853457. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121449735/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
- ^ Haplogroups L6.
- ^ Abu-Amero, Khaled K; Ana M González (1 Mar 2007). "Eurasian and African mitochondrial DNA influences in the Saudi Arabian population". BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 752–770. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-32. PMC 1810519. PMID 17331239. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1810519.
[edit] External links
- General
- Ian Logan's Mitochondrial DNA Site
- Mannis van Oven's Phylotree
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