Description
CF is the immediate ancestor of haplogroups C and F. C spread along coastal routes toward South Asia, East Asia, Oceania, and the Americas, while F gave rise to virtually all major Eurasian haplogroups (G, H, IJ, K and its descendants). The CF ancestor likely lived in or near South Asia shortly after the Out-of-Africa migration.
Interesting Fact
CF and DE are the two direct children of CT, representing the primary split of non-African Y-chromosome diversity. Every man alive today outside haplogroup A or B traces his paternal line through either DE or CF.
Distribution by Ethnicity
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References
- Karafet et al. (2008) — New binary polymorphisms reshape and increase resolution of the human Y chromosomal haplogroup tree. Genome Research 18, 830–838.
- Poznik et al. (2016) — Punctuated bursts in human male demography inferred from 1,244 worldwide Y-chromosome sequences. Nature Genetics 48, 593–599.