K Haplogroup

K Haplogroup is a branch of the haplogroup IJK and spread many descendants including haplogroups L, M, NOP, S and T. Haplogroup K originated in Southwest Asia.

Haplogroup K also includes K1, K2, K3 and K4 which are found in low frequency in Australia, Oceania, Malay Archipelago and South Asia.

The "K" origin began about 40,000 years ago and now contains major groups L to T and 2 minor groups K* and K1 to K4.

Subclades of K

K (M9) Typical of populations of northern Eurasia, eastern Eurasia, Melanesia, and the Americas, with a moderate distribution throughout Southwest Asia, northern Africa, and Oceania

K*
K1 (M147) Found at low frequencies in South Asia
K2 (P60)
K3 (P79) Found in Melanesia
K4 (P261, P263)
L (M11, M20, M22, M61, M185, M295) Typical of populations of Pakistan
- L*
- L1 (M27, M76) Typical of Indians and Sri Lankans, with a moderate distribution among Indo-Iranian populations of South Asia
- L2 (M317) Found at low frequency in Central Asia, Southwest Asia, and Southern Europe
  - L2*
  - L2a (M274)
  - L2b (M349)
- L3 (M357) Found frequently among Burusho and Pashtuns, with a moderate distribution among the general Pakistani population
  - L3*
  - L3a (PK3) Found among Kalash
M (P256)
- M1 (M4, M5, M106, M186, M189, P35) Typical of Papuan peoples
  - M1*
  - M1a (P34)
    - M1a*
    - M1a1 (P51)
  - M1b (P87)
    - M1b*
    - M1b1 (M104 (P22)) Typical of populations of the Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville Island
      - M1b1*
      - M1b1a (M16)
      - M1b1b (M83)
- M2 (M353, M387) Found at a low frequency in the Solomon Islands and Fiji
  - M2*
  - M2a (SRY9138 (M177))
- M3 (P117) Found in Melanesia
NO (M214)
- NO*
- N (M231)
  - N*
  - N1 (LLY22g)
    - N1a (M128) Found at a low frequency among Manchu, Sibe, Manchurian Evenks, Koreans, northern Han Chinese, Buyei, and some Turkic peoples of Central Asia
    - N1b (P43) Typical of Northern Samoyedic peoples; also found at low to moderate frequency among some other Uralic peoples, Turkic peoples, Mongolic peoples, Tungusic peoples, and Siberian Yupiks
      - N1b*
      - N1b1 (P63)
    - N1c (Tat (M46), P105) Typical of the Sakha and Uralic peoples, with a moderate distribution throughout North Eurasia
      - N1c*
      - N1c1 (M178)
        
        N1c1*
        
        N1c1a (P21)
        
        N1c1b (P67)
        
        N1c1c (P119)
      - O (M175)
        
        O*
        
        O1 (MSY2.2) Typical of Austronesians, southern Han Chinese, and Kradai peoples
        
        O1*
        
        O1a (M119)
        
        O1a*
        
        O1a1 (M101)
        
        O1a2 (M50, M103, M110)
        
        O2 (P31, M268)
        
        O2*
        
        O2a (M95) Typical of Austro-Asiatic peoples, Kradai peoples, Malays, Indonesians, and Malagasy, with a moderate distribution throughout South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Central Asia
        
        O2a*
        
        O2a1 (M88, M111)
        
        O2a2 (M297)
        
        O2b (M176/SRY465, P49, 022454)
        
        O2b* Typical of Koreans, with a moderate distribution among populations of Indonesia, Japan, Manchuria, Micronesia, Thailand, and Vietnam
        
        O2b1 (47z) Typical of Japanese and Ryukyuans, with a moderate distribution among Indonesians, Thais, Koreans, and Vietnamese
        
        O3 (M122) Typical of populations of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and culturally Austronesian regions of Oceania, with a moderate distribution in Central Asia
        
        O3*
        
        O3a (M324, P93, P197, P198, P199, P200)
        
        O3a*
        
        O3a1 (DYS257/P27.2, M121)
        
        O3a2 (M164)
        
        O3a3 (P201/021354)
        
        O3a3*
        
        O3a3a (M159)
        
        O3a3b (M7) Typical of Hmong-Mien peoples, with a moderate distribution among Han Chinese, Buyei, Qiang, and Oroqen
        
        O3a3c (M134) Typical of Sino-Tibetan peoples, with a moderate distribution throughout East Asia and Southeast Asia
        
        O3a4 (002611)
        
        O3a4*
        
        O3a4a (P103)
        
        O3a5 (M300)
        
        O3a6 (M333)
      - P (92R7, M45, M74, (N12), P27)
        
        P*
        
        Q (M242)
        
        Q*
        
        Q1 (P36.2)
        
        Q1*
        
        Q1a (MEH2)
        
        Q1a*
        
        Q1a1 (M120, M265/N14) Found at low frequency among Chinese, Koreans, Dungans, and Hazara
        
        Q1a2 (M25, M143) Found at low to moderate frequency among some populations of Southwest Asia, Central Asia, and Siberia
        
        Q1a3 (M346)
        
        Q1a3* Found at low frequency in Pakistan and India
        
        Q1a3a (M3) Typical of indigenous peoples of the Americas
        
        Q1a3a*
        
        Q1a3a1 (M19) Found among some indigenous peoples of South America, such as the Ticuna and the Wayuu
        
        Q1a3a2 (M194)
        
        Q1a3a3 (M199, P106, P292)
        
        Q1a4 (P48)
        
        Q1a5 (P89)
        
        Q1a6 (M323) Found in a significant minority of Yemeni Jews
        
        Q1b (M378) Found at low frequency among samples of Hazara and Sindhis
        
        R (M207 (UTY2), M306 (S1), S4, S8, S9)
        
        R*
        
        R1 (M173)
        
        R1*
        
        R1a (SRY10831.2 (SRY1532))
        
        R1a*
        
        R1a1 (M17, M198) Typical of populations of Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and South Asia, with a moderate distribution throughout Western Europe, Southwest Asia, and southern Siberia
        
        R1b (M343) Typical of populations of Western Europe, with a moderate distribution throughout Eurasia and in parts of Africa
        
        R1b*
        
        R1b1 (P25)
        
        R2 (M124) Typical of populations of South Asia, with a moderate distribution in Central Asia and the Caucasus
      - S (M230) Typical of populations of the highlands of New Guinea; also found at lower frequencies in adjacent parts of Indonesia and Melanesia
        
        S*
        
        S1 (M254)
        
        S1*
        
        S1a (M226)
      - T (M70, M184, M193, M272) Found in a significant minority of Somalis, Ethiopians, Fulbe, Egyptians, Omani & Serbian people; also found at low frequency throughout the Mediterranean and parts of India
        
        T*
        
        T1 (M320)

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