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. See also L159.1 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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