DNA Marker Index information for Chromosome: Y Marker: L159.2
Names and Aliases for this DNA Marker: L159.2, L159, S169.1, S169, rs866406886.
Chromosome Position in hg38 Human Genome assembly1: 13699084.
Chromosome Position in hg19 assembly2: 15810964 .
Ancestral marker allele value: T.
Derived, alternative, or mutated marker allele value: G.


DNA Marker Index data for Marker: L159.2 on Chromosome: Y

Marker Name(s) Notes Identification Ancestral7 Derived8 Chromosome Position (hg38)1 Position (hg19)2
R-L159 
L159.2 L159 S169.1 S169 rs866406886
Found in haplogroup R1b under Z255 on FTDNA tree. Intercalation of a poly G with a dinucleotide STR, seems to occur in many haplogroups. Britain's DNA labeled this branch: Hibernians. See also S159.1 in haplogroup I2.
DNA lineage L159.2 is estimated to have originated in about the year 2,650 bce based on its position in the phylogenetic tree.

Phylogenetic Parent: Z255 
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Phylogenetic Children: Z16429  FGC39973  Z16434 

NIH DBSNP b153 GRCh38p12 ClinVar? Position hg18: 14320358
Jim Wilson 2012
T
G
Y
13699084
15810964

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