Haplogroup L6

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In human mitochondrial genetics, Haplogroup L6 is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup. It is a small haplogroup local to the Ethiopian highlands and Yemen.^[1]

Distribution

File:Frequency maps based on HVS-I data for haplogroups L6.png

Projected spatial frequency distribution for haplogroup L6.

File:Schematic tree of mtDNA haplogroups L4 and L6.png

Schematic tree of mtDNA haplogroup L6 (and L4). Ages (in ka) indicated are maximum likelihood estimates obtained for the whole-mtDNA genome.

This haplogroup has been found only in Yemen and Ethiopia.^[2]

Subclades

Tree

This phylogenetic tree of haplogroup M subclades is based on the paper by Mannis van Oven and Manfred Kayser Updated comprehensive phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation^[3] and subsequent published research.

L3'4'6
- L6
  - L6a
  - L6b

References

↑ Haplogroups L6.
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