Y-DNA Haplogroup K and its Subclades - 2014

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CLADE/SUBCLADE SYMBOLS:  Added  Redefined 
SNP SYMBOLS:  Not on 2013 tree  Confirmed within subclade  Provisional  Private  Investigation 

The criteria for a representative SNP printed in bold for a subclade is: traditional usage, testing one in multiple labs, and/or being found in the area of the chromosome used in recent research studies.

SNPs listed below in italics (colored black or red) are quality variants from next-generation sequencing reports consistently showing as representing that subgroup.

Contact Person for Haplogroup K: Gareth Henson

Link to Experimental Composite Y-DNA Haplogroup K Tree by Ray Banks.

K   M9, P128/PF5504, P131/PF5493, P132/PF5480
K*   -
LT or K1   L298/P326, etc.
• • K1*   -
• • L or K1a   M20/PF5570, etc.
• • T or K1b   M184/Page34/USP9Y+3178, etc.
K2   M526/PF5979 -This was previously classified as K(xLT)
• • K2*   -
• • NO or K2a   M214/Page39 etc.
• • • N or K2a1   M231/Page91
• • • O or K2a2   M175 etc.
• • K2b   M1221/P331/PF5911
• • • K2b*   -
• • • K2b1   P397, P399
• • • • K2b1*   -
• • • • K2b1a   CTS5650/F3744/P405
• • • •  K2b1a*   -
• • • •  K2b1a1   P60, P304, P308
• • • •  K2b1a2   P79/P299, P307
• • • •  K2b1a3   P315
• • • •  K2b1a3*   -
• • • •  K2b1a3a   P401
• • • •  S or K2b1a4   M230, etc.
• • • • K2b1b   P336
• • • • K2b1c   P378
• • • • M or K2b1d   P256, etc.
• • • P or K2b2   P295/PF5866/S8, etc.
• • • K2c   P261, P263
• • • K2d   P402, P403
• • • K2e   M147

NOTES:

Y-DNA haplogroup K is an old lineage established approximately 40,000 thousand years ago whose origins were probably in southwestern Asia. K's structure is interwoven with other haplogroups downstream (refer to the main tree at Y-DNA Haplogroup Tree). The subclades restricted to K itself are found at low frequencies in various parts of Africa, Eurasia, Australia and the South Pacific.

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