Haplogroup R2

Haplogroup R2
Possible time of origin27,000 BP[1]
Possible place of originSouth Asia or Central Asia[1]
AncestorHaplogroup R
DescendantsR2a (M124);
R2b (FGC21706)
Defining mutationsM479

Haplogroup R2, or R-M479, is a Y-chromosome haplogroup characterized by genetic marker M479. It is one of two primary descendants of Haplogroup R (R-M207), the other being R1 (R-M173).

R-M479 has been concentrated geographically in South Asia and Central Asia since prehistory. It appears to reach its highest levels among the Burusho people in North Pakistan.[2]

It has two primary branches: R2a (M124) and R2b (R-FGC21706)

  1. ^ a b ISOGG, 2017, Y-DNA Haplogroup R and its Subclades – 2017 (17 June 2017).
  2. ^ Cristofaro, Julie Di; Pennarun, Erwan; Mazières, Stéphane; Myres, Natalie M.; Lin, Alice A.; Temori, Shah Aga; Metspalu, Mait; Metspalu, Ene; Witzel, Michael; King, Roy J.; Underhill, Peter A.; Villems, Richard; Chiaroni, Jacques (2013). "Afghan Hindu Kush: Where Eurasian Sub-Continent Gene Flows Converge". PLOS ONE. 8 (10): e76748. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...876748D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076748. PMC 3799995. PMID 24204668.

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