It is most commonly found in males originating from northernEurasia. It also has been observed at lower frequencies in populations native to other regions, including parts of theBalkans,Central Asia,East Asia, andSoutheast Asia.
It is generally considered that N-M231 arose inEast Asia approximately 19,400 (±4,800) years ago and populated northern Eurasia after theLast Glacial Maximum. Males carrying the marker apparently moved northwards as the climate warmed in theHolocene, migrating in a counter-clockwise path, to eventually become concentrated in areas as far away asFennoscandia and theBaltic.[5] The apparent dearth of haplogroup N-M231 amongst Native American peoples indicates that it spread afterBeringia was submerged,[53] about 11,000 years ago.
Projected distributions of haplogroup N sub-haplogroups.[51] (A) N*-M231, (B) N1*-LLY22g, (C) N1a-M128, (D) N1b-P43, (E) N1c-M46.
Haplogroup N has a wide geographic distribution throughout northern Eurasia, and it also has been observed occasionally in other areas, including Central Asia and the Balkans.
Y-chromosomes belonging to N1b-F2930/M1881/V3743, or N1*-CTS11499/L735/M2291(xN1a-F1206/M2013/S11466), have been found in China (where they account for approximately 3.62% of all Y-DNA[55]) and sporadically throughout other parts of Eurasia. The N-CTS6128/M2048 and N-P43 subclades of N1a-F1206/M2013/S11466 are found in high numbers in Northern Eurasia; however, members of N1a-F1206(xCTS6128, P43) are currently found mainly in northern China and Korea.
N2-Y6503, the other primary subclade of haplogroup N, is extremely rare and is mainly represented among extant humans by a recently formed subclade that is virtually restricted to the countries making up theformer Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro), Hungary and Austria. Other members of N2-Y6503 include aHungarian with recent ancestry fromSuceava inBukovina, a Slovakian, a fewBritish individuals, and anAltaian.[1]
Y-chromosomes that display the M231 mutation that defines Haplogroup N-M231, but do not display the CTS11499, L735, M2291 mutations that define Haplogroup N1 are said to belong to paragroup N-M231*.[4]
N-M231* has been found at low levels in China.[4] Out of a sample of 165Han males fromChina, two individuals (1.2%) were found to belong to N*.[56] One originated fromGuangzhou and one fromXi'an.[citation needed]
Among the ancient samples from the Baikal Early Neolithic Kitoi culture, one of the Shamanka II samples (DA250), dated to c. 6500 BP, was analyzed as NO1-M214 in the original study.[57] However, this same specimen (DA250 or Shamanka 250) has subsequently been found to belong to N-FT210118, the same clade as the other haplogroup N specimens from the same site (besides DA247, who belongs to N-Y147969). N-FT210118 is derived from N-L666/N-F2199 butbasal to N-CTS6380, this latter being the most recent common ancestor of present-day N-P43 (found mainly among Maris, Udmurts, Komis, Chuvashes, Tatars, Nenets, Nganasans, Khanty, Mansi, Khakas, Tuvans,etc.) and N-F1101 (found mainly among East Asians). Furthermore, N-FT210118 has not been found in any living individual who has had his Y-DNA tested to date, and the estimated TMRCA of N-CTS6380 exceeds the estimated date of deposition of any of the specimens from the Shamanka site associated with the Kitoi culture, so it appears that the representatives of the Kitoi culture at Shamanka (or at least their Y-DNA) have goneextinct rather than being direct ancestors of any living people.[58][59]
In 2014, there was a major change in the definition of subclade N1, when LLY22g was retired as the main defining SNP for N1 because of reports of LLY22g's unreliability. According toISOGG, LLY22g is problematic because it is a "palindromic marker and can easily be misinterpreted."[4] Since then, the name N1 has been applied to a clade marked by a great number of SNPs, including CTS11499, Z4762, and CTS3750. N1 is the most recent common ancestor of all extant members of Haplogroup N-M231 except members of the rare N2-Y6503 (N2-B482) subclade. The TMRCA of N1 is estimated to be 18,000 years before present (16,300–19,700 BP; 95% CI).[1]Since the revision of 2014, the position of many examples of "N1-LLY22g" within haplogroup N have become unclear. Therefore, it is better to checkyfull andISOGG 2019 in order to understand the updated structure of N-M231.
However, in older studies, N-LLY22g has been reported to reach a frequency of up to 30% (13/43) among theYi people ofButuo County,Sichuan inSouthwest China.[24][60][61] It is also found in 34.6% ofLhoba people.[61] N1-LLY22g* has been found in samples ofHan Chinese, but with widely varying frequency:
The N1a2-F1008/L666 clade and N1a1-M46/Page70/Tat are estimated to share a most recent common ancestor in N1a-F1206/M2013/S11466 approximately 15,900 [95% CI 13,900 <-> 17,900] years before present[1] or 17,621 [95% CI 14,952 <-> 20,282] years before present.[3]
All M46 in Yfull database areM178, being a quarter younger than separation from F1139.[66]
The mutations that define the subclade N-M46[Phylogenetics 2] are M46/Tat and P105. This is the most frequent subclade of N. It probably arose in a Northeast Asian population, because the oldest ancient samples comply with this genetic profile.[67]N has experienced serial bottlenecks in Siberia and secondary expansions in eastern Europe.[5] Haplogroup N-M46 is approximately 14,000 years old.
In Siberia, haplogroup N-M46 reaches a maximum frequency of approximately 90% among theYakuts, a Turkic people who live mainly in theSakha (Yakutia) Republic. However, N-M46 is present with much lower frequency among many of the Yakuts' neighbors, such asEvenks andEvens.[8] It also has been detected in 5.9% (3/51) of a sample ofHmong Daw from Laos,[62] 2.4% (2/85) of a sample from Seoul, South Korea,[23] and in 1.4% (1/70) of a sample from Tokushima, Japan.[24] Y-DNA haplogroup N-M46 accounts for about 1.07% of all Y-DNA in present-dayChina;[68] most of those (about 0.74% of all present-day Chinese males[69]) belong to the basal N-F4063 subclade, but the N-M2058 > N-A9408 > N-Y77895 > N-Y70200 subclade (accounting for about 0.15% of all present-day Chinese males[70]) and the N-CTS11808 > N-CTS10336 > N-Y6058 > N-Y16323 > N-F4205 subclade (accounting for about 0.07% of all present-day Chinese males[71]) are also readily detectable. Notably, China also has a significant presence (accounting for approximately 0.51% of all present-day Chinese males[72]) of N-MF14176, which is derived from N-F2584 but basal to N-M46.
The haplogroup N-M46 has a low diversity among Yakuts suggestive of apopulation bottleneck orfounder effect.[73] This was confirmed by a study of ancient DNA which traced the origins of the male Yakut lineages to a small group of horse-riders from the Cis-Baikal area.[74]
N-Tat has been observed with greatly varying frequency in samples fromSweden. Karlssonet al. (2006) found N-Tat in 44.7% (17/38) of a sample ofSaami nomads fromJokkmokk, 19.5% (8/41) of a sample from Västerbotten, 14.5% (8/55) of a sample from Uppsala, 10.0% (4/40) of a sample from Gotland, 9.5% (4/42) of a sample from Värmland, 7.3% (3/41) of a sample from Östergötland/Jönköping, 2.4% (1/41) of a sample from Blekinge/Kristianstad, and 2.2% (1/45) of a sample from Skaraborg.[33]
Lappalainenet al. (2008) found N-Tat in 14.4% (23/160) of a sample from Sweden.[14]
Lappalainenet al. (2009) found N-Tat in 15.4% (4/26) of a sample from Södermanland, 12.5% (3/24) of a sample from Västmanland, 12.1% (4/33) of a sample from Uppsala, 7.8% (4/51) of a sample from Gothenburg, 7.0% (3/43) of a sample from Norrbotten, 6.8% (5/73) of a sample from Skåne, 6.6% (15/228) of a sample from Stockholm, 6.3% (3/48) of a sample from Sydnorrland, 6.3% (2/32) of a sample from Västerbotten, 6.3% (2/32) of a sample from Örebro, 5.9% (3/51) of a sample from Värmland/Dalarna, 5.4% (2/37) of a sample from Östra Götaland, and 5.1% (2/39) of a sample from southeastern Sweden (Kalmar, Gotland, Kronoberg, and Blekinge). They did not find any instance of N-Tat in their samples from Jönköping (0/28), Malmö (0/29), Halland (0/34), or Västra Götaland (0/75).[32]
The subclade N-M178[Phylogenetics 3] is defined by the presence of markers M178 and P298. N-M178* has higher average frequency in Northern Europe than in Siberia, reaching frequencies of approximately 60% amongFinns and approximately 40% amongLatvians,Lithuanians & 35% amongEstonians.[75][14]
Miroslava Derenko and her colleagues noted that there are two subclusters within this haplogroup, both present in Siberia and Northern Europe, with different histories. The one that they labelled N3a1 first expanded in south Siberia and spread into Northern Europe. Meanwhile, the younger subcluster, which they labelled N3a2, originated in south Siberia (probably in the Baikal region).[75]
Neolithic samples fromBaikal area have yielded plenty of yDNA N specimens, and one sample fromFofonovo,Buryatia, 5000-4000 BC is among the first Tat samples in the ancient record.[67]
Earliest samples of N1a1a-L708 were found inTrans-Baikal (brn008, N1a1a1*-L708; brn003, N1a1a1a1*-M2126) between 8,000 and 6,000 YBP. Downstream samples were found inYakutia (N4b2, N1a1a1a1a*-Z1979) andKrasnoyarsk Krai (kra001, N1a1a1a1a*-L392), between 5,000 and 4,000 YBP.[77][78]
N1a2a-M128 and N1a2b-B523/P43 are estimated to share a most recent common ancestor in N1a2-F1008/L666 approximately 8,700 [95% CI 7,500 <-> 9,900] years before present,[1] 9,314 [95% CI 7,419 <-> 11,264] years before present,[3] or 10,430 years before present.[79]
At least three of six tested male specimens from theEarly Neolithic (ceramic-using hunter-gatherer of approximately 7200–6200 years ago) layer at theShamanka archaeological site near the southern end ofLake Baikal have been found to belong to N1a2-L666.[57]
A number of a Han Chinese, an OoledMongol, aQiang, and aTibetan were found to belong to a sister branch (or branches) of N-M128 under paragroup N-F1154*.[83]
A neolithic sample brn002 (~5,940 BP) in Trans-Baikal was discovered to be an early offshoot upstream of N-M128.[84]
As a genetic testing result ofYelü clan, a royal family of theLiao Dynasty andKhitan descents, it was found to belong to N-F1998, a downstream of N-M128.[citation needed]
According to "The deep population history of northern East Asia from the Late Pleistocene to the Holocene",[85] the basal yDNA N-M128/mtDNA B5b2 HGDP01293 individual[86] occupied a position on thePCA between the Jiangsu Province's and Anhui province's specimens, but not far from the Shandong province's mtDNA R11'B6>R11b specimen,[85] while a later descendant of the yDNA N-M128 clade, belonging to mtDNA R11'B6>R11b, was reported from the ancient DNA of the Western Zhou Cemetery, tomb M18.[87] Based on ancient DNA, the distribution of mtDNA B5b2 after 9500 years ago and prior to 4600 years ago in the direction of the Anhui and Jiangsu provinces from Shandong from the vicinity of the future Shandong Longshan Yinjiacheng site is shown in "Maternal genetic structure in ancient Shandong between 9500 and 1800 years ago",[88] while the existence of the local Paleolithic Northern East Asian substratum, represented by individuals of the basal died-out yDNA O-M164*, separating from the Southern East Asian yDNA O-M188 and contributing to yDNA C2-M217 ancestors of Altaic and Korean representatives, was shown in "Human genetic history on the Tibetan Plateau in the past 5100 years".[89] Having occupied the position on the PCA between the Jiangsu Province's and Anhui Province's specimens, the basal yDNA N-M128/mtDNA B5b2 HGDP01293 individual became a participant of the uniform genetic cline, which spanned from Jiangsu and Anhui individuals to the Tai-speakingDai people, and from Jiangsu and Anhui individuals to the ancient individual WGM20, belonging to mtDNA M11, of the Yangshao Wanggou site, dated to 5000–5500 years ago, and this ancient age also encompassed ancient yDNA pre-N-M128 Mazongshan individuals[90] and modern yDNA N-M128-affiliated Gansu Province's individuals, who appeared to be included on the mentioned genetic cline closer to the ancient Henan province's specimens of the Longshan period ca. 4000 years ago, than to the more genetically basal ancient individual WGM20 of the Yangshao Wanggou site, dated to 5000–5500 years ago.[85]
Haplogroup N-P43[Phylogenetics 5] is defined by the presence of the marker P43. Additionally, haplogroup N-P43 is defined by a marker Y3214, which is shared with a younger yDNA O1b2-K14, distributed in Japan (YFull). It has been estimated to be approximately 4,000 to 5,500 years old (TMRCA 4,510 years,[79] TMRCA 4,700 [95% CI 3,800 <-> 5,600] ybp,[1] or 4,727 [95% CI 3,824 <-> 5,693] years before present).[3] It has been found very frequently amongNorthern Samoyedic peoples, speakers ofOb-Ugric languages,Zabolotnie Tatars and northernKhakassians, and it also has been observed with low to moderate frequency among speakers of some otherUralic languages,Turkic peoples,Mongolic peoples,Tungusic peoples, andSiberian Yupik people.
The highest frequencies of N-P43 are observed among north-west Siberian populations: 92% (35/38)[5] in a sample ofNganasan, 78% (7/9)[91][15] in a sample ofEnets, 78% (21/27)[30] in a sample ofKhants, 75% (44/59)[5] in a sample of Tundra Nenets, 69% (29/42)[3] in another sample of Nenets, 60% (15/25)[13] in a sample ofMansi, 57% (64/112)[12] in another sample of Khants, 54% (27/50)[3] in another sample of Nganasan, 45% (40/89)[5] in a sample of Forest Nenets, 38% (18/47)[92] in a third sample ofKhants, and 25% (7/28)[13] in a fourth sample of Khants. In Europe, the N-P43 types have their highest frequency of 20% among Volga-Uralic populations. The extreme western border of the spread of N-P43 is Finland, where this haplogroup occurs only at marginal frequency – 0.4%. Yet N-P43 is quite frequent among Vepsas (17.9%), a small Finnic population living in immediate proximity to Finns, Karelians and Estonians.[5]
Haplogroup N-P43 also has been observed with very high frequency (26/29 = 89.7% of a sample from the settlement of Topanov and 19/22 = 86.4% of a sample from the settlement of Malyi Spirin) in samples of Kachins, aTurkic-speaking ethnic group or territorial subgroup of theKhakas people, fromShirinsky district of northernKhakassia.[9] There appears to be a cline through the Sagai (another Turkic-speaking ethnic group that is now considered to be a constituent of the Khakas people), with 46.2% (55/119) of Sagai sampled from Ust'–Es', Esino, Ust'–Chul', and Kyzlas settlements ofAskizsky district of central Khakassia belonging to haplogroup N-P43vs. only 13.6% (11/81) of Sagai sampled from Matur, Anchul', Bol'shaya Seya, and Butrakhty settlements ofTashtypsky district of southern Khakassia belonging to this haplogroup.[9] However, other researchers' samples of Khakas people have exhibited only moderate frequencies of N-P43 or potential N-P43. Derenkoet al. (2006) examined a sample of Khakassians (n=53) collected in the settlements of Askiz, Shirinsk, Beisk and Ordzhonikidzevsk districts of Khakass Republic and found that 15 of them (28.3%) belonged to N-LLY22g(xTat).[93] Rootsiet al. (2007) examined a sample of Khakas (n=181) and found that 31 of them (17.1%) belonged to N-P43;[5] retested 174 of the individuals in this sample and found that 27 of them (15.5%) belonged to the N-B478 (Asian/northern Samoyedic) subclade of N-P43 and 2 of them (1.1%) belonged to the N-L1419 (European/Volga Finnic and Chuvash) subclade of N-P43 for a total of 29 (16.7%) N-P43.[3]
Haplogroup N-P43 forms two distinctive subclusters of STR haplotypes, Asian and European, the latter mostly distributed amongFinno-Ugric-speaking peoples and related populations.[5]
The TMRCA of N-B478 has been estimated to be 3,007 [95% CI 2,171 <-> 3,970] years before present.[3] It is one of the most prevalent Y-DNA haplogroups among indigenous populations of northwestern Siberia: 69.0% (29/42) Nenets, 50.0% (25/50) Nganasan, 22.2% (12/54) Dolgan from Taymyr, 7.0% (3/43) Selkup, 1.6% (1/63) Ob-Ugrian. It is also quite prevalent among populations of Central Siberia, Southern Siberia, and Mongolia: 17.9% (17/95) Tuvan, 15.5% (27/174) Khakas, 13.0% (6/46)Tozhu Tuvans,[27] 8.7% (2/23) Shor, 8.3% (2/24) Even, 8.2% (5/61) Altaian, 5.3% (3/57) Evenk, 5.0% (19/381) Mongol, 4.9% (3/61)Sart-Kalmak (partial descendants ofOirat Mongols in Kyrgyzstan),[27] 4.2% (9/216) Yakut, 2.1% (1/47)Torgut (Mongolia),[27] 1.4% (1/69)Derbet (Kalmykia),[27] 0.9% (1/111) Buryat. A geographically outlying member has been found in a sample of Chuvash (1/114 = 0.88%).[3]
Karafetet al. (2018) have found N-P63, which appears to be roughly phylogenetically equivalent to N-B478, in 91.2% (31/34) Nganasan, 63.8% (30/47) Tundra Nenets, 42.7% (35/82) Forest Nenets, 14.0% (8/57) Dolgan, 7.0% (9/129) Selkup, 3.3% (3/91) Evenk, 2.7% (2/75) Mongol, 2.6% (2/78) Komi, 2.5% (2/80) Buryat, and 2.0% (2/98) Altai Kizhi.[6] This haplogroup was not observed in samples of Yukaghir (0/10), Koryak (0/11), Teleut (0/40), Ket (0/44), Yakut (0/62), or Khanty (0/165) populations.[6]
Kharkovet al. (2023) have found N-B478 in greatly differing percentages of samples ofKhanty from two different villages ofKhanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug: 60.9% (39/64) of a sample of Khanty from the village of Russkinskaya, Surgut district and 14.8% (8/54) of a sample of Khanty from the village of Kazym, Beloyarsky district. Five of the eight members from the village of Kazym share a subclade marked by the B172 and Z35108 SNPs with all previously surveyed Nenets men from the Vanuito phratry belonging to the Vanuito, Puiko and Yaungat clans and the Purungui clan of Khanty origin.[94]
Haplogroup N1b has been predominantly found in the Yi people, a Tibeto-Burman speaking ethnic group in southwestern China who originated from ancient Qiang tribes in northwestern China.[54] However, it also has been found in people all over China (where they account for approximately 3.62% of the country's male population and are mainly distributed in Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui,etc.[55]) and in some individuals from Spain,[58] Ecuador,[58] Poland,[58][1] Belarus,[58] Russia,[58][1] Iraq,[58] India,[58][1] Kazakhstan,[58] Korea,[58][1] Japan,[58][1] Bhutan,[58] Vietnam,[58][1] Cambodia,[58][1] Laos,[58] Thailand,[58][1] Malaysia,[1] and Singapore.[1]
N2 (Y6503/FGC28528; B482/FGC28394/Y6584) – a primary branch of haplogroup N-M231, is now represented mainly by a subclade, N-FGC28435, that has spread probably some time in the first half of the second millennium CE[95] and that has been found in individuals fromSerbia,Croatia,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Montenegro, andTurkey (Istanbul).[96][95]
N-Y7310 (or N-F14667) subsumes N-FGC28435 and likewise probably descends from a common ancestor who has lived some time in the first half of the last millennium. However, members of N-Y7310(xFGC28435) exhibit a greater geographic range, including an individual fromRostov Oblast of Russia and aRomanian Hungarian individual with ancestry fromSuceava,Bukovina.[1]
Other branches of N-P189 include members from Turkey,[1] Russia (Moscow Oblast),[1] France (Charente-Maritime),[1] and England (Devon).[1][58] The most recent common ancestor of all the aforementioned extant N-P189 lineages has been estimated to be 4,900 (95% CI 5,700 <-> 4,100) years before present.[1] An archaeological specimen attributed to theBotai culture of northern Kazakhstan and dated to the latter half of the fourth millennium BCE belongs to N-P189*, beingbasal to present-day European members of N-P189.[97][1]
Lineages that belong to N-Y6503(xP189) and are only distantly related (with a time to most recent common ancestor estimated to be greater than 10,000 years before present)[1] to the aforementioned members of N-P189 have been found in an individual from the present-dayAltai Republic[1] and probably also in an archaeological specimen attributed to the Iron Age Mezőcsát culture of what is now Hungary (approx. 2,900 years before present)[98] and in an archaeological specimen attributed to the Kitoi culture of ceramic-usingforagers of the area aroundLake Baikal (approx. 6,700 years before present).[97]
A sample excavated at the Houtaomuga site in the Yonghe neighborhood of Honggangzi Township,Da'an,Jilin, China dating back to 7430–7320 years ago (Phase II of the Early Neolithic) has been found to belong to Y-DNA haplogroup N and mtDNAhaplogroup B4c1a2. This sample is autosomally identical with the Neolithic Amur River Basin populations, of which Nivkh people are the closest modern representative. As the paper detected this ancestry in terminal Pleistocene USR1 specimen in Alaska, it is therefore, postulated that there was gene flow from Amur to America of a population belonging to a hypothetical Chukotko-Kamchatkan–Nivkh linguistic family.[citation needed]
N has also been found in many samples of Neolithic human remains exhumed fromLiao civilization in northeastern China, and in the circum-Baikal area of southern Siberia.[65] It is suggested that yDNA N, reached southern Siberia from 12 to 14 kya. From there it reached southern Europe 8-10kya.[51]
N-Y4706*Sweden (Stockholm County,[1] Södermanland County,[1] Västra Götaland County[1]), Germany (Lower Saxony[1]), Finland (Southern Finland Province[1]), Russia (Tatarstan[1])
N-A17082Finland (Western Finland Province,[1] Southern Finland Province[1]), Estonia[1]
N-Y16503Finland (Western Finland Province,[1] Southern Finland Province,[1] Eastern Finland Province,[1] Oulu Province[1]), Sweden (Gävleborg County[1])
N-FGC65190Finland (Southern Finland Province, Eastern Finland Province)
N-Y18414Finland (Western Finland Province)
N-Y20910Finland (Western Finland Province)
N-BY194138Finland (Southern Finland Province)
N-Y28547Finland (Eastern Finland Province)
N-BY22141Finland (Western Finland Province, Eastern Finland Province), United States (Washington)
N-FT5834Finland (Western Finland Province, Southern Finland Province)
N-BY190112Finland (Western Finland Province, Southern Finland Province)
N-Y19097Finland (Eastern Finland Province, Southern Finland Province, Western Finland Province, Oulu Province)
N-CTS3223Finland (Southern Finland Province, Eastern Finland Province, Western Finland Province, Oulu Province, Lapland Province), Sweden (Norrbotten County, Västerbotten County, Dalarna County, Värmland County, Skåne County), Russia (Leningrad Oblast)
N-Z35031Finland (Eastern Finland Province, Western Finland Province), Sweden (Västra Götaland County, Västmanland County)
N-BY28931
N-Y125841Finland (Eastern Finland Province,[1] Western Finland Province[1])
N-Y11631Finland (Western Finland Province,[1] Eastern Finland Province,[1]Southern Finland Province,[1] Oulu Province[1]), Russia (Leningrad Oblast[1]), Sweden (Norrbotten County[1])
N-Z1940Finland (Western Finland Province,[1] Southern Finland Province,[1] Eastern Finland Province,[1] Oulu Province,[1] Lapland Province[1]), Russia (Leningrad Oblast[1]), Sweden (Värmland County[1])
Prior to 2002, there were in academic literature at least seven naming systems for the Y-Chromosome Phylogenetic tree. This led to considerable confusion. In 2002, the major research groups came together and formed the Y-Chromosome Consortium (YCC). They published a joint paper that created a single new tree that all agreed to use. Later, a group of citizen scientists with an interest in population genetics and genetic genealogy formed a working group to create an amateur tree aiming at being above all timely. The table below brings together all of these works at the point of the landmark 2002 YCC Tree. This allows a researcher reviewing older published literature to quickly move between nomenclatures.[citation needed]
The b2/b3 deletion in the AZFc region of the Y-chromosome appears to have occurred independently on at least four different occasions. Therefore, this deletion should not be taken as a unique event polymorphism defining this branch of the Y-chromosome tree (ISOGG 2012).
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^K-M2313*, which as yet has no phylogenetic name, has been documented in two living individuals, who have ethnic ties to India and South East Asia. In addition, K-Y28299, which appears to be a primary branch of K-M2313, has been found in three living individuals from India. See: Poznikop. cit.;YFull YTree v5.08, 2017, "K-M2335", and;PhyloTree, 2017, "Details of the Y-SNP markers included in the minimal Y tree" (Access date of these pages: 9 December 2017)
^ Haplogroup M, as of 2017, is also known as K2b1b. (Previously the name Haplogroup M was assigned to K2b1d.)
^ Haplogroup S, as of 2017, is also known as K2b1a. (Previously the name Haplogroup S was assigned to K2b1a4.)
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^The b2/b3 deletion in the AZFc region of the human Y-chromosome is a characteristic of Haplogroup N-M231 haplotypes. This deletion, however, appears to have occurred independently on four different occasions. Therefore this deletion should not be thought as a unique event polymorphism contributing to the definition of this branch of the Y-chromosome tree (ISOGG 2012).
^This table shows historic names for N-M46 (AKA N-Tat) from peer reviewed literature.
YCC 2002/2008 (Shorthand)
N-M46/N-TAT
Jobling and Tyler-Smith 2000
12
Underhill 2000
VIII
Hammer 2001
1I
Karafet 2001
26
Semino 2000
Eu13
Su 1999
H5
Capelli 2001
F
YCC 2002 (Longhand)
N3*
YCC 2005 (Longhand)
N3
YCC 2008 (Longhand)
N1c
YCC 2010r (Longhand)
N1c
^This table shows historic names for N-M178 from peer reviewed literature.
YCC 2002/2008 (Shorthand)
N-M178
Jobling and Tyler-Smith 2000
16
Underhill 2000
VIII
Hammer 2001
1I
Karafet 2001
26
Semino 2000
Eu14
Su 1999
H5
Capelli 2001
F
YCC 2002 (Longhand)
N3a*
YCC 2005 (Longhand)
M178
YCC 2008 (Longhand)
N1c1
YCC 2010r (Longhand)
N1c1
^This table shows historic names for N-M128 from peer reviewed literature.
YCC 2002/2008 (Shorthand)
N-M128
Jobling and Tyler-Smith 2000
12
Underhill 2000
VIII
Hammer 2001
1U
Karafet 2001
25
Semino 2000
Eu16
Su 1999
H5
Capelli 2001
F
YCC 2002 (Longhand)
N1
YCC 2005 (Longhand)
N1
YCC 2008 (Longhand)
N1a
YCC 2010r (Longhand)
N1a
^This branch is sometimes called N1b in early trees.