Haplogroup K2a (Y-DNA)

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Haplogroup K2a
Possible time of originapproximately 47,000 years  BP. [1] [2] [3] (Based on the immediate ancestor K2 originating 47,000–55,000 BP, [4] and the secondary descendant NO approximately 38,000 to 47,000 BP.)
Possible place of origin Central Asia [5] or Southeast Asia [4]
Ancestor K2 (M526)
DescendantsSole primary subclade:
K-M2313 (M2313); [3]

Confirmed secondary subclades:

  • NO1 (a.k.a. NO-M214)
  • K-Y28299 (a.k.a. NO2) [3]
Defining mutationsM2308, Z4842 [6]
Hypothetical migration routes of haplogroup K and its subclades. Haplogroup K of Y-DNA.png
Hypothetical migration routes of haplogroup K and its subclades.

Haplogroup K2a (M2308, Z4842) is a human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. K2a is a primary subclade of haplogroup K2 (M526), which in turn is a primary descendant of haplogroup K (M9). Its sole primary descendant is haplogroup K-M2313 (M2313, Z4858 S11799). [3] [7]

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As of 2020, K-M2313 is known to have two primary subclades: Haplogroup NO1 (a.k.a. NO-M214), which has numerous members and the extremely rare K-Y28299, [3] sometimes known as NO2.

Basal, undivergent K2a* (K-M2308*) has been found only in the remains of two Upper Paleolithic individuals, known as "Ust'-Ishim man and "Oase-1", [3] who lived in Siberia and the Banat region of south-central Europe, respectively, about 37–45 ky BP. No examples of K-M2313* or NO1* (NO-M214*) have been identified in living males or remains. However, subclades of NO1 include a majority of living males in East Asia, Northern Eurasia and South East Asia. K-Y28299 has been found in three living individuals from India. [8] Another two other living males, who have been documented as belonging to K-M2313(xM214), have not been tested for Y28299 (and therefore may belong to K-Y28299). These K-M2313(xM214) individuals have ethnic ties to South Asia and South East Asia respectively: a Telugu from India and an ethnic Malay from Singapore.

Origin

According to geneticist Spencer Wells, haplogroup K probably originated in the Middle East or Central Asia, possibly in the vicinity of Iran or Pakistan. [5] However, Karafet et al. (2014) proposed that "rapid diversification ... of K-M526", also known as K2, likely occurred in Southeast Asia (near Indonesia) and later expanded to mainland Asia, although they could not rule out that it might have arisen in Eurasia and later went extinct there, and that either of these scenarios are "equally parsimonius". [9]

Discoveries since 2016

Before 2016, many authorities considered that the SNP M2308 was always found in conjunction with SNPs such as M2313 and M214. [3] However, researchers such as G. David Poznik discovered examples of Y-DNA that had some, but not all, of the SNPs peculiar to NO (M214), but also lacked SNPs identifying other primary subclades of K2 (M526). [3] Poznik et al. 2016 therefore identified K2a (M2308), K-M2313 and NO (M214) as "parent", "child" and "grandchild" clades respectively. (While Poznik used the name "K2a1" for K-M2313, this has not been widely adopted – possibly because K2a1 has sometimes been used as an alternate name for other, less closely related haplogroups.) Poznik et al. also found that K-Y28301 – which has living members in India – is descended from K-M2313. The above findings by Poznik et al. were reiterated by the work of Moreno-Mayar et al. in 2018. [10]

As of 2018, authorities like the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) and YFull (Y-Chromosome Sequence Interpretation Service) have not integrated the discoveries of Poznik et al., and differ from each other in nomenclature.

There is evidence of at least two additional primary branches within K-M2308 (Poznik: K2a) and/or K-M2313 (Poznik: K2a1).

Phylogenetic tree


K2aK-M2308  [3]

         ? "NO1~" [Note 5] (CTS707/M2306)  [11]

Notes regarding phylogenetic tree
  1. Some authorities, such as ISOGG and YFull, do not yet include the separation of the subclade defined by the SNP F549/M2335/S22380/V4208 from the clade defined by the SNPs M2308 and Z4842, identified by Poznik et al. (2016).
  2. Position of K-Y28299 and its subclade K-Y28301 based on YFull 2018. In addition, while K-Y28299 is not specifically mentioned by researchers such as Poznik et al. (2016) and Moreno-Mayar et al. (2018), these sources do state that K-Y28301 is a lineal descendant of K-M2313.
  3. No phylogenetic name as of 2018; according to YFull, K-Y28301 is a primary branch of K-Y28299. In addition, according to Poznik et al. 2016 and Moreno-Mayar et al. 2018, K-Y28301 is a descendant of K-M2313.
  4. ISOGG 2018 name NO1.
  5. "NO1~" is a temporary name used by ISOGG (2018). Approximate position only; YFull (2018) regards CTS707/M2306 as concurrent with M214/Page39, suggesting that NO1~ is a primary branch of K-M2313 or NO-M214.

Distribution

K2a* (K-M2308*)

K2a* has been found only in the paleolithic remains mentioned above:

K-M2313

As of 2016, two living males had been found to carry K-M2313(xNO-M214) – a British Asian who identifies as Telugu and an ethnic Malay sampled in Singapore. [3] Note that they were NOT tested for Y28299.

NO (M214)

Basal examples of haplogroup NO* have not been identified.

Subclades of haplogroup NO include a majority of living males in East Asia, South East Asia and northern Eurasia.

K-Y28299*

K-Y28299(xY28301) has been found in a living male from India. [8]

K-Y28301, a subclade of K-Y28299, has been found in living individuals with their origins in Andhra Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh India. [8]

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 YFull Haplogroup YTree v5.06 at 25 September 2017
  2. Karmin, Monika; Saag, Lauri; Vicente, Mário; et al. (2015). "", "A recent bottleneck of Y chromosome diversity coincides with a global change in culture". Genome Research. 25 (4): 459–466. doi:10.1101/gr.186684.114. PMC   4381518 . PMID   25770088.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Poznik, G David; Xue, Yali; Mendez, Fernando L; Willems, Thomas F; Massaia, Andrea; Wilson Sayres, Melissa A; Ayub, Qasim; McCarthy, Shane A; Narechania, Apurva; Kashin, Seva; Chen, Yuan; Banerjee, Ruby; Rodriguez-Flores, Juan L; Cerezo, Maria; Shao, Haojing; Gymrek, Melissa; Malhotra, Ankit; Louzada, Sandra; Desalle, Rob; Ritchie, Graham R S; Cerveira, Eliza; Fitzgerald, Tomas W; Garrison, Erik; Marcketta, Anthony; Mittelman, David; Romanovitch, Mallory; Zhang, Chengsheng; Zheng-Bradley, Xiangqun; Abecasis, Gonçalo R; McCarroll, Steven A; Flicek, Paul; Underhill, Peter A; Coin, Lachlan; Zerbino, Daniel R; Yang, Fengtang; Lee, Charles; Clarke, Laura; Auton, Adam; Erlich, Yaniv; Handsaker, Robert E; Bustamante, Carlos D; Tyler-Smith, Chris (June 2016). "Punctuated bursts in human male demography inferred from 1,244 worldwide Y-chromosome sequences". Nature Genetics. 48 (6): 593–599. doi:10.1038/ng.3559. PMC   4884158 . PMID   27111036.
  4. 1 2 Karafet, Tatiana M.; Mendez, Fernando L.; Sudoyo, Herawati; Lansing, J. Stephen; Hammer, Michael F. (March 2015). "Improved phylogenetic resolution and rapid diversification of Y-chromosome haplogroup K-M526 in Southeast Asia". European Journal of Human Genetics. 23 (3): 369–373. doi:10.1038/ejhg.2014.106. PMC   4326703 . PMID   24896152.
  5. 1 2 Wells, Spencer (20 November 2007). Deep Ancestry: The Landmark DNA Quest to Decipher Our Distant Past. National Geographic Books. p. 79. ISBN   978-1-4262-0211-7. "Given the widespread distribution of K, it probably arose somewhere in the Middle East or Central Asia, perhaps in the region of Iran or Pakistan."
  6. Genetic Homeland, 2018, DNA Marker Index Chromosome Y M2308 (6 March 2018).
  7. Genetic Homeland, 2018, DNA Marker Index Chromosome Y M2313 (6 March 2018).
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 YFull YTree v5.08, 2017, "K-M2335" (9 December 2017); PhyloTree, 2017, "Details of the Y-SNP markers included in the minimal Y tree" (9 December 2017); GeneticHomeland.com, 2016, DNA Marker Index Chromosome Y V4208 (9 December 2017).
  9. Karafet TM, Mendez FL, Sudoyo H, Lansing JS, Hammer MF (March 2015). "Improved phylogenetic resolution and rapid diversification of Y-chromosome haplogroup K-M526 in Southeast Asia". European Journal of Human Genetics. 23 (3): 369–73. doi:10.1038/ejhg.2014.106. PMC   4326703 . PMID   24896152. "This pattern leads us to hypothesize a southeastern Asian origin for P-P295 and a later expansion of the ancestor of subhaplogroups R and Q into mainland Asia. An alternative explanation would involve an extinction event of ancestral P-P295* chromosomes everywhere in Asia. These scenarios are equally parsimonious. They involve either a migration event (P* chromosomes from Indonesia to mainland Asia) or an extinction event of P-P295* paragroup in Eurasia."
  10. 1 2 Moreno-Mayar JV, Vinner L, de Barros Damgaard P, de la Fuente C, Chan J, Spence JP, Allentoft ME, Vimala T, Racimo F, Pinotti T, Rasmussen S, Margaryan A, Iraeta Orbegozo M, Mylopotamitaki D, Wooller M, Bataille C, Becerra-Valdivia L, Chivall D, Comeskey D, Devièse T, Grayson DK, George L, Harry H, Alexandersen V, Primeau C, Erlandson J, Rodrigues-Carvalho C, Reis S, Bastos MQR, Cybulski J, Vullo C, Morello F, Vilar M, Wells S, Gregersen K, Hansen KL, Lynnerup N, Mirazón Lahr M, Kjær K, Strauss A, Alfonso-Durruty M, Salas A, Schroeder H, Higham T, Malhi RS, Rasic JT, Souza L, Santos FR, Malaspinas AS, Sikora M, Nielsen R, Song YS, Meltzer DJ, Willerslev E., "Early human dispersals within the Americas", Science, 2018 vol. 362, no. 6419 (December 7).
  11. 1 2 3 4 ISOGG, Y-DNA Haplogroup Tree 2018 (17 January 2018).
  12. 1 2 YFull YTree v5.08, 2017, "K-M2335" (9 December 2017)
  13. YFull YTree v5.08, 2017, "K-M2335" (9 December 2017)
  14. PhyloTree, 2017, "Details of the Y-SNP markers included in the minimal Y tree" (9 December 2017)
  15. GeneticHomeland.com, 2016, DNA Marker Index Chromosome Y V4208 (9 December 2017).
  16. 1 2 Callaway, Ewen (23 October 2014). "45,000-Year-Old Man's Genome Sequenced". Scientific American.

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