Haplogroup L6

In human mitochondrial genetics, Haplogroup L6 is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup. It is a small haplogroup local to the Ethiopian highlands and Yemen.^[3]

Haplogroup L6
Possible time of origin	81,500-129,800 YBP[1]
Possible place of origin	East Africa
Ancestor	L3'4'6
Descendants	L6a, L6b
Defining mutations	146, 152, 185C, 709, 770, 961, 1461, 4964, 5267, 6002, 6284, 9332, 10978, 11116, 11743, 12771, 13710, 14791, 14959, 5244, 15289, 15499, 16048, 16224[2]

Distribution

Projected spatial frequency distribution for haplogroup L6.

Schematic tree of mtDNA haplogroup L6 (and L4). Ages (in ka) indicated are maximum likelihood estimates obtained for the whole-mtDNA genome.

This haplogroup has been found only in Yemen and Ethiopia.^[4]

Subclades

Tree

This phylogenetic tree of haplogroup M subclades is based on the paper by Mannis van Oven and Manfred Kayser Updated comprehensive phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation^[2] and subsequent published research.

• L3'4'6
  • L6
    • L6a
    • L6b

See also

• Genealogical DNA test
• Genetic genealogy
• Human mitochondrial genetics
• Population genetics
• Human mitochondrial DNA haplogroups