Haplogroup K (mtDNA)

This article is about the human mtDNA haplogroup. For the human Y-DNA haplogroup, see Haplogroup K-M9.
Haplogroup K
Possible time of origin26,700 ± 4,300 years ago[1]
Possible place of originPossibly West Asia
AncestorU8b'K
DescendantsK1, K2
Defining mutations3480 10550 11299 14798 16224 16311[2]

Haplogroup K, formerly Haplogroup UK, is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup. It is defined by the HVR1 mutations 16224C and 16311C. It is now known that K is a subclade of U8.[3]

  1. ^ Behar et al. (2012), haplogroup.org Archived 2018-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ van Oven, Mannis; Manfred Kayser (13 Oct 2008). "Updated comprehensive phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation". Human Mutation. 30 (2): E386–E394. doi:10.1002/humu.20921. PMID 18853457. S2CID 27566749.
  3. ^ A. González et al. The mitochondrial lineage U8a reveals a Paleolithic settlement in the Basque country. BMC Genomics, 2006