Haplogroup HIJK

Haplogroup HIJK
Possible time of originApprox. 49,000-59,000 BP+ BCE
(i.e. similar to estimates for Haplogroups GHIJK, H and IJK)[1][verification needed]
Possible place of originEurasia
AncestorHaplogroup GHIJK
DescendantsH, IJK
Defining mutationsF929/M578/PF3494/S6397[2]

Haplogroup HIJK, defined by the SNPs F929, M578, PF3494 and S6397,[2] is a common Y-chromosome haplogroup. Like its parent macrohaplogroup GHIJK, Haplogroup HIJK and its subclades comprise the vast majority of the world's male population.

HIJK branches subsequently into two direct descendants: IJK (L15/M523/PF3492/S137) and H (L901/M2939). IJK in turn splits into IJ (F-L15) and K (M9). The descendants of Haplogroup IJ are haplogroups I and J, while Haplogroup K is, ultimately, the ancestor of major haplogroups M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, L, and T.

  1. ^ Fu, Qiaomei; et al. (October 2014). "Genome sequence of a 45,000-year-old modern human from western Siberia". Nature. 514 (7523): 445–449. Bibcode:2014Natur.514..445F. doi:10.1038/nature13810. eISSN 1476-4687. hdl:10550/42071. ISSN 0028-0836. PMC 4753769. PMID 25341783.
  2. ^ a b "Y-DNA Haplogroup Tree 2018". 24 April 2018. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024.