Trisha Shetty (Editor)

Haplogroup LT

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Possible time of origin
  
49,600-41,400 years BP

Ancestor
  
K

Defining mutations
  
L298 and P326

Possible place of origin
  
South or West Asia

Descendants
  
L; T

Haplogroup LT

Haplogroup LT or L298/P326, also known as K1 (and previously as Haplogroup K2), is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. Its defining SNP mutations are L298 and P326.

Contents

No confirmed cases of the basal paragroup LT* have been identified among living males or human remains.

Structure

It is generally believed that LT (L298/P326) originated somewhere in South or West Asia.

LT is a direct descendant of Haplogroup K (M9).

The direct descendants of LT are Haplogroup L (M20), also known as K1a and Haplogroup T (M184), also known as K1b.

Distribution

Y-DNA haplogroup LT is an old lineage widely distributed at low concentrations. It was established approximately 30,000-40,000 years ago, probably in South Asia or West Asia.

Its descendants are found mainly in populations indigenous to Northeast Africa, South Asia, West Asia and Europe.

L-M20 is found at its highest frequency in Western India, Pakistan and among the Balochs of Afghanistan.

T-M184 is most common in the Horn of Africa(especially Djibouti, Ethiopia and Somaliland), Arabia, Iran as well as in some regions of Eastern India and Europe .

References

Haplogroup LT Wikipedia