Haplogroup R1b-L2
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| Haplogroup R1b-L2 | |
|---|---|
| Possible time of origin | 4400 years before present |
| Coalescence age | 4400 years before present |
| Possible place of origin | Western Europe |
| Ancestor | R-M269 R1b-P312 R1b-U152 |
| Highest frequencies | Northern and Western Italians[1] Swiss French Southwestern Germans |
R-L2 is a human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup, characteristic of a part of the inhabitants of Italy and Western Europe in general. R-L2 is thought to have originated around the Alps or southern Rhine, additionally, due to R-L2 having split off of R1b-U152 relatively early and it being a major branch, R-L2 carriers were largely contemporary with R-U152 carriers leading to R-L2 also having multiple large and diverse branches, of which some are respectively linked to Etruscans, Italics and the Alpine Celts.[2][3]
External links
[edit]- Haplogroup R-L2 and its descendants on YTree.net Archived 2021-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
References
[edit]- ^ Boattini A, Martinez-Cruz B, Sarno S, Harmant C, Useli A, Sanz P, et al. (May 2013). "Uniparental Markers in Italy Reveal a Sex-Biased Genetic Structure and Different Historical Strata". PLOS ONE. 8 (5). e65441. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065441.t001. PMC 3666984. PMID 23734255.
- ^ Posth, C.; Mittnik, A.; Johannsen, N.N.; Harney, E. (2021). "The origin and legacy of the Etruscans through a 2000-year archeogenomic time transect". Science Advances. 7 (39): 11–14. Bibcode:2021SciA....7.7673P. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abi7673. hdl:1887/3245269. PMID 34582507.
- ^ Antonio, Margaret L.; Gao, Ziyue; Moots, Hannah M.; et al. (November 2019). "Ancient Rome: A genetic crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean". Science. 366 (6466). Washington D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science (published November 8, 2019): 708–714. Bibcode:2019Sci...366..708A. doi:10.1126/science.aay6826. hdl:2318/1715466. PMC 7093155. PMID 31699931.
Interestingly, although Iron Age individuals were sampled from both Etruscan (n=3) and Latin (n=6) contexts, we did not detect any significant differences between the two groups with f4 statistics in the form of f4(RMPR_Etruscan, RMPR_Latin; test population, Onge), suggesting shared origins or extensive genetic exchange between them.