Haplogroup L6 (mtDNA)

Haplogroup L6
Time of origin 81,500-129,800 YBP[1]
Place of origin East Africa
Ancestor L3'4'6
Descendants L6a, L6b
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].

Contents

Origin

Distribution

This haplogroup has been found most often in Yemen and Ethiopia.[4]

Subclades

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

See also

Human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups
  Mitochondrial Eve (L)    
L0 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 Former Clusters IWX

References

  1. ^ Correcting for Purifying Selection: An Improved Human Mitochondrial Molecular Clock. 2009. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.05.001. http://www.cell.com/AJHG/abstract/S0002-9297(09)00163-3. 
  2. ^ 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. PMID 18853457 doi:10.1002/humu.20921. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121449735/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0. Retrieved 2009-05-20. 
  3. ^ Haplogroups L6.
  4. ^ Abu-Amero, Khaled K; Ana M González (1 Mar 2007). "Ethiopian Mitochondrial DNA Heritage: Tracking Gene Flow Across and Around the Gate of Tears". BMC Evolutionary Biology 7 (32): 752–770. PMID 17331239 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-32. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1810519. Retrieved 2009-08-04. 

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