Haplogroup M-P256
Haplogroup M is a human genetics Haplogroup of the Y chromosome. This haplogroup is found in different densities in populations of eastern Indonesia, of Melanesia (including Papua New Guinea), Micronesia, and Polynesia. The men of Papua New Guinea and Melanesia have haplogroup M chromosomes. It is the subsequent haplogroup K. It is believed that it was 10,000 years ago.
Subgroups
The subgroups of haplogroup M with their distinctive mutation after Karafet et al (2008).
- Haplogroup M ( P256 ) M1 (M4, M5, M106, M186, M189, P35 ) Typical of Papua New Guinea M1 *
- M1a ( P34 ) was found in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia M1a *
- M1a1 ( P51 )
- M1b *
- M1B1 ( M104 ( P22 ) ) Typical of populations of the Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville M1B1 *
- M1b1a (M16 )
- M1b1b ( M83 )
- M2 *
- M2a ( SRY9138 ( M177 ) )