Haplogroup R (mtDNA)
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For the Y-chromosome haplogroup, see Haplogroup R (Y-DNA).
Haplogroup R is a widely distributed human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup. Haplogroup R is associated with the peopling of Eurasia after about 70,000 years ago, and is distributed in modern populations throughout the world outside of sub-Saharan Africa.[6]
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Haplogroup R | |
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Possible time of origin | 66.8±14.2 kya [1] |
Possible place of origin | South Asia[2][3] Southeast Asia[4] |
Ancestor | N |
Descendants | R0, R1, R1b, R2'JT, R3, R5, R6'7, R8, R9, R11'B, R12'21, R14, R22, R23, R30, R31, P, U |
Defining mutations | 12705, 16223[5] |
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Haplogroup R is a descendant of the macro-haplogroup N. Among the R clade's descendant haplogroups are B, U (and thus K), F, R0 (and thus HV, H, and V), and JT (the ancestral haplogroup of J and T).