Description
Haplogroup K1 is the major subclade of K, containing the vast majority of K-bearing modern humans. K is itself a subclade of U8, which belongs to the ancient haplogroup U. K1 is found at high frequencies in the Near East, the Caucasus, and among Ashkenazi Jews, and at lower but significant frequencies across Europe. K1 was carried into Europe by Neolithic farmers from Anatolia and the Near East. The famous Tyrolean Iceman 'Ötzi' (c. 3300 BCE) belonged to the K1 subclade K1o (formerly K1f).
Interesting Fact
The Tyrolean Iceman 'Ötzi', discovered in the Alps in 1991 and dating to ~3300 BCE, belongs to K1 (specifically K1o). His mtDNA lineage does not match any modern European population exactly, suggesting that his particular K1 branch may have gone extinct or become extremely rare. Ötzi represents the best-preserved prehistoric European human ever found.
Distribution by Ethnicity
| Ethnic distribution | Region | Frequency | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashkenazi Jews | Europe / Near East | n=500 | |
| Druze | Near East | n=200 | |
| Armenians | Caucasus | n=200 | |
| Turks | Anatolia | n=250 | |
| British | Northwestern Europe | n=600 | |
| Germans | Central Europe | n=500 |
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References
- Behar et al. (2008) — The matrilineal ancestry of Ashkenazi Jewry: portrait of a recent founder event. American Journal of Human Genetics 78(3), 487–497.
- Keller et al. (2012) — New insights into the Tyrolean Iceman's origin and phenotype as inferred by whole-genome sequencing. Nature Communications 3, 698.