Haplogroup G-M201

Haplogroup G is a haplogroup in human genetics of the Y chromosome. It is a subgroup of F and it is believed that they originated in the Middle East or South Asia, possibly in North India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. This haplogroup originated during the Neolithic agricultural revolution and spread with nomadic horsemen in the Eurasian steppe.

Origin

The original distribution of haplogroup G in Europe reflects the spread of peoples from Asia Minor, which brought agricultural knowledge, contrary to the Mediterranean. The haplogroup could also invaded by the Sarmatians, Alans and Jaszen (all are descendants of the " Iranian " Scythians ) have been common. Here, the thesis covers the historically attested spread of these peoples on the Central Asian steppes of Xinjiang in the east to the Iberian Peninsula and Tunisia to the west, with a branch ( the Sakas ) who conquered the northwest of the Indian subcontinent at the beginning of the first millennium.

Subgroups

  • G *
  • G1 ( M285, M342 ) G1 *
  • G1a ( P20 )
  • G1b ( P76 )
  • G2 * -
  • G2a ( P15 ) G2a * -
  • G2a1 ( P16 ) G2a1 * -
  • G2a1a ( P17, P18 )
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