Haplogroup P (Y-DNA)

Haplogroup of the Y chromosome
Surname	P
Possible time of origin	27,000 to 41,000 years ago
Possible place of origin	Central Asia
predecessor	NOP
successor	Q , R
Mutations	92R7, M45, M74 / N12, P27, S25

Haplogroup P is a haplogroup of the Y chromosome in human genetics . This haplogroup contains the paternal ancestors of most Europeans and almost all indigenous peoples of the Americas . It also includes approximately one-third to two-thirds of the males from various populations in Central Asia and South Asia .

See also

• Spread of man
• Adam of the Y chromosome

swell

1. ↑ Supplementary Table 2: NRY haplogroup distribution in Han populations ( MS Word ; 80 kB), from the online supplementary material for the article by Bo Wen et al., "Genetic evidence supports demic diffusion of Han culture," Nature 431, 302– 305 (September 16, 2004)
2. ↑ Table 1: Y-chromosome haplotype frequencies in 49 Eurasian populations, listed according to geographic region , from by R. Spencer Wells et al .: "The Eurasian Heartland: A continental perspective on Y-chromosome diversity," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (August 28, 2001), PMC 56946 (free full text)

Web pages

• Spread of Haplogroup P , from The Genographic Project , National Geographic

Evolution tree haplogroups Y-chromosomal DNA (Y-DNA)
	Adam of the Y chromosome
		A00		A0'1'2'3'4
			A0	A1'2'3'4
				A1	A2'3'4
					A2'3	A4 = BCDEF
				A2	A3		B.		CT
												|
							DE				CF
				D.		E.				C.		F.
								|
									G								IJK		H
									|									|
							G1	G2								IJ	K
																|						|
													I.		J						L.			K (xLT)		T
													|				|							|
											I1			I2			J1		J2				M.	NO		P		S.
																								|			|
													|														|
											N		O													Q	R.
																												|
																										R1		R2
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																								R1a			R1b