Haplogroup L3

Haplogroup L3
Possible time of origin	80000 years ago
Possible place of origin	Africa
Ancestor	L2
Descendants	L3a, L3b, L3c, L3d, L3e, L3f, M, N
Defining mutations	73, 7028, 10873, 11719, 12705, 14766, 16223

In human genetics, Haplogroup L3 is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup.

Haplogroup L3 is confined to Africa and emigrant African populations. It is most common in East Africa.

However, L3 is also the haplogroup from which the macro-haplogroups M and N are believed to have arisen. These two haplogroups are ancestral to all haplogroups outside Africa, and are believed to represent the initial migration by modern humans out of Africa.

See also

• Human mitochondrial genetics

External links

• Spread of Haplogroup L3, from National Geographic

Phylogenetic tree of human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups

Mitochondrial Eve (L)

L0

L1–6

L1

L2

L3

L4

L5

L6

M

N

CZ

D

E

G

Q

O

A

S

R

I

W

X

Y

C

Z

B

F

R0

pre-JT

P

U

HV

JT

K

H

V

J

T