Haplogroup R1b-L2

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Haplogroup R1b-L2
Possible time of origin4400 years before present
Coalescence age4400 years before present
Possible place of origin Western Europe
Ancestor R-M269
R1b-P312
R1b-U152
Highest frequencies Northern and Western Italians [1]
Swiss
French
Southwestern Germans

R-L2 is a human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup, characteristic of a part of the inhabitants of Italy and Western Europe in general. R-L2 is thought to have originated around the Alps or southern Rhine, additionally, due to R-L2 having split off of R1b-U152 relatively early and it being a major branch, R-L2 carriers were largely contemporary with R-U152 carriers leading to R-L2 also having multiple large and diverse branches, of which some are respectively linked to Etruscans, Italics and the Alpine Celts. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ Boattini A, Martinez-Cruz B, Sarno S, Harmant C, Useli A, Sanz P, et al. (May 2013). "Uniparental Markers in Italy Reveal a Sex-Biased Genetic Structure and Different Historical Strata". PLOS ONE. 8 (5). e65441. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065441.t001 . PMC   3666984 . PMID   23734255.
  2. ↑ Posth, C.; Mittnik, A.; Johannsen, N.N.; Harney, E. (2021). "The origin and legacy of the Etruscans through a 2000-year archeogenomic time transect". Science Advances. 7 (39): 11–14. Bibcode:2021SciA....7.7673P. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abi7673. hdl: 1887/3245269 . PMC   8462907 . PMID   34582507.
  3. ↑ Antonio, Margaret L.; Gao, Ziyue; Moots, Hannah M.; et al. (November 2019). "Ancient Rome: A genetic crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean". Science. 366 (6466). Washington D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science (published November 8, 2019): 708–714. Bibcode:2019Sci...366..708A. doi:10.1126/science.aay6826. hdl: 2318/1715466 . PMC   7093155 . PMID   31699931. Interestingly, although Iron Age individuals were sampled from both Etruscan (n=3) and Latin (n=6) contexts, we did not detect any significant differences between the two groups with f4 statistics in the form of f4(RMPR_Etruscan, RMPR_Latin; test population, Onge), suggesting shared origins or extensive genetic exchange between them.
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