Haplogroup D (mtDNA)
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Haplogroup D
 |
| Possible time of origin |
40,000 - 60,000 YBP |
| Possible place of origin |
East Asia |
| Ancestor |
M |
| Descendants |
D4, 16189 |
| Defining mutations |
4883 5178A 16362[1] |
In
human mitochondrial genetics,
Haplogroup D is a
human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup.
Origin
Haplogroup D is believed to have arisen in Asia some 48,000 years before present.
[2] It is a descendant haplogroup of
haplogroup M.
Distribution
It is found in Northeast Asia (including
Siberia). Its subclade D1 (along with D2 and D4) is one of five haplogroups found in the
indigenous peoples of the Americas, the others being
A,
B,
C, and
X.
Haplogroup D is also found quite frequently in Central Asia,
[3]
where it makes up the second most common mtDNA clade (after H).
Haplogroup D also appears at a low frequency in eastern Europe and
southwestern Asia.
Subclades
There are two principal branches:
- D4 (3010, 8414, 14668): The subclade D4 is the most frequently occurring mtDNA haplogroup among modern populations of northern East Asia, such as Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Mongols, and Tungusic-speaking populations of northern China.[4][5][6] Spread also all over Southeast Asia, Siberia, Central Asia, and indigenous peoples of the Americas.
- D5'6 (16189): Mainly in East Asia and Southeast Asia.[7] Lower in Siberia, Central Asia, and East India.
Popular culture
In his popular book
The Seven Daughters of Eve,
Bryan Sykes named the originator of this mtDNA haplogroup
Djigonasee.
See also
