Haplogroup F is a
human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup. The clade is most common in
East Asia
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and
Southeast Asia
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. It has not been found among
Native Americans.
Haplogroup F.
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It is a primary branch of haplogroup R9.
Distribution
The F haplogroup is fairly common in East Asia
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. High frequencies of the clade are found among the Lahu from Yunnan
Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...
(33% - 77%, average 52%), Nicobar Islands (50%), Shors from Kemerovo Oblast of Siberia (41%), and Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeast India. It was formed from the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and India declared it as a state on 20 February 1987. Itanagar is its capital and la ...
, India (31%). There is also an important frequency in Taiwanese aborigines
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** Formosan languages
** Taiwanese Hokkien, also known as the Taiwanese language
* Taiwanese people, residents of ...
, Khakas, Kets, Han Chinese
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(and, thus, nearly all of China), Lombok, Sumba, Thailand
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, and Vietnam
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. Its distribution extends with low frequency to the Tharu of southern Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
and the Bashkirs of the southern Urals.[M. A. Bermisheva, K. Tambets, R. Villems, and E. K. Khusnutdinova, "Diversity of Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups in Ethnic Populations of the Volga–Ural Region", ''Molecular Biology'' Vol. 36, No. 6, 2002, pp. 802–812. Translated from ''Molekulyarnaya Biologiya'', Vol. 36, No. 6, 2002, pp. 990–1001.]
Haplogroup F also occurs at low frequencies on the Comoros Islands (<10%).
It is also found at low frequencies on the Hvar island in Croatia (8.3%).
Subclades
F1a clearly predominates among the representatives of haplogroup F in Southeast Asia
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, but subclades of this haplogroup have been found in populations as far north as the Buryats
The Buryats are a Mongolic ethnic group native to southeastern Siberia who speak the Buryat language. They are one of the two largest indigenous groups in Siberia, the other being the Yakuts. The majority of the Buryats today live in their ti ...
and Ulchi of Siberia.
F1b tends to become more frequent as a fraction of total F in populations of the northern parts of East Asia
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and Central Asia
Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...
, such as Mongols
Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China ( Inner Mongolia and other 11 autonomous territories), as well as the republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia in Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large family o ...
, Kazakhs
The Kazakhs (Kazakh language, Kazakh: , , , ) are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia and Eastern Europe. They share a common Culture of Kazakhstan, culture, Kazakh language, language and History of Kazakhstan, history ...
, Uyghurs
The Uyghurs,. alternatively spelled Uighurs, Uygurs or Uigurs, are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central Asia and East Asia. The Uyghurs are recognized as the ti ...
, and Japanese. It also has been found among the Yi people. There are odd exclaves of F1b in Gaininsk Bashkirs of Perm Oblast
Until 1 December 2005, Perm Oblast () was a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in Privolzhsky (Volga) Federal District. According to the results of the referendum held in October 2004, Perm Oblast was merged with Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug ...
and Croats
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of Hvar Island.
F1d is the second most frequent sub-clade in Newar (Nepal). Haplogroup F1d reaches the greatest proportion in Newar (11.97%) of Nepal and Kshatriya (16%) of North India.
F2 has been found mainly in the form of F2a, which has been observed in more than 10% of a couple samples of Nu and Lisu from Gongshan, Yunnan
Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...
. F2 has been found with frequencies exceeding 5% in several other populations of Southwest China, Guangxi
Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...
, and Hainan
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, including the Han majority population. Outside of southwestern China, F2 has been found with frequency greater than 5% in a sample of Oirat Mongols
Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China ( Inner Mongolia and other 11 autonomous territories), as well as the republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia in Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large family o ...
from Xinjiang
Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...
and a sample of Khakas from Khakassia, with the former population boasting particularly high diversity within this clade.
F3 is especially common among Austronesian peoples
The Austronesian people, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples who have settled in Taiwan, maritime Southeast Asia, parts of mainland Southeast Asia, Micronesia, coastal New Guinea, Island Melan ...
of Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
and the Malay Archipelago, but it also has been found in many populations of Southwest China and South-Central China, and in a sample of Hans from Xinjiang
Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...
.
F4 has been found mainly in aboriginal populations of Taiwan
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and Hainan
Hainan is an island provinces of China, province and the southernmost province of China. It consists of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration. The name literally mean ...
, with some representatives among samples of Filipinos from Luzon
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, Indonesians from Sumatra
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, and Hans and Uzbeks from Xinjiang
Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...
.
Tree
This phylogenetic tree of haplogroup F subclades is based on the paper by Mannis van Oven and Manfred Kayser ''Updated comprehensive phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation'' and subsequent published research.
*F
**F* – China, Korea[Hwan Young Lee, Ji-Eun Yoo, Myung Jin Park, Ukhee Chung, Chong-Youl Kim, and Kyoung-Jin Shin, "East Asian mtDNA haplogroup determination in Koreans: Haplogroup-level coding region SNP analysis and subhaplogroup-level control region sequence analysis." ''Electrophoresis'' (2006). DOI 10.1002/elps.200600151.]
**F1
***F1a'c'f – Thailand ( Kaleun in Nakhon Phanom Province[Wibhu Kutanan, Jatupol Kampuansai, Metawee Srikummool, Daoroong Kangwanpong, Silvia Ghirotto, Andrea Brunelli, and Mark Stoneking, "Complete mitochondrial genomes of Thai and Lao populations indicate an ancient origin of Austroasiatic groups and demic diffusion in the spread of Tai–Kadai languages." ''Hum Genet'' 2016 DOI 10.1007/s00439-016-1742-y.]), China, Korea, Kazakhstan
****F1a – China, Korea, Uyghur, Thailand, Mongolia
*****F1a1'4 – Thailand ( Khon Mueang in Chiang Rai Province), China (Ma'an site, Wuxi
Wuxi ( zh, s=无锡, p=Wúxī, ) is a city in southern Jiangsu, China. As of the 2024 census, it had a population of 7,495,000. The city lies in the southern Yangtze delta and borders Lake Tai. Notable landmarks include Lihu Park, the Mt. Lings ...
, Majiabang culture)
******F1a1 – Japan, Korea, China, Ulchi, Uyghur, Vietnam (incl. Cờ Lao), Laos, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico
*******F1a1a – Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China (Zhanjiang, ''etc.''), Tibet, Indonesia
********F1a1a1 – Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Nicobar Islands, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Uyghur
*******F1a1b – Japan, Korea
*******F1a1c – Zhuang (Bama), Thailand, Tibet, Buryats (Inner Mongolia and Irkutsk Oblast), Japan
********F1a1c1 – Moken
********F1a1c2 – Japan, Xibo, China (Shanghai)
*******F1a1d – Thailand, China, Taiwanese Aborigines (Tsou, Bunun, Rukai), Philippines
********F1a1d1 – Tao (Orchid Island)
******F1a4
*******F1a4a – Thailand, Han Chinese (Denver), Ulchi
********F1a4a1 – Taiwanese Aborigines (Tsou, Makatao, Bunun, Ami, ''etc.''), Philippines (Ivatan, Ibaloi, Abaknon, Bugkalot, Kalangoya, Dulag, ''etc.''), Guam, Malaysia (Kelantan Malay
Kelantan (; Kelantan-Pattani Malay, Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate''; ) is a state in Malaysia. The capital, Kota Bharu, includes the royal seat of Kubang Kerian. The honorific, honorific name of the state is ''Darul Naim'' ("The Blissful Abode"). ...
), Sumatra, Vietnam ( Dao), Thailand ( Khon Mueang in Mae Hong Son Province and Chiang Mai Province), South Africa
*******F1a4b – China
*****F1a2 – Thailand, Vietnam (Hmong), China (Guizhou)
******F1a2a – Thailand (Phutai in Sakon Nakhon Province, Nyaw in Nakhon Phanom Province, Mon in Lopburi Province), China (Han in Zhanjiang, Dong, ''etc.'')
*****F1a3
******F1a3a – Philippines ( Lipa City, Abaknon, Batak from Palawan Island, Aeta from Bataan), Taiwan, Indonesia
*******F1a3a1 – Taiwan ( Bunun, Puyuma, etc.)
********F1a3a1a – Japan, Korea
*******F1a3a2 – Philippines ( Ivatan)
*******F1a3a3 – Taiwanese Aborigines ( Tsou, Bunun, Makatao, Thao), Philippines ( Ivatan)
*******F1a3a7 - Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia
*******F1a3a8 - Philippines
******F1a3b - China (Hunan Han, etc.), Taiwan (Minnan from Kaohsiung, etc.), Kazakhstan (Jetisu)
******F1a3c (C10223T) - Thailand ( Khmer, etc.), China (Han)
******F1a3e (C11860T) - Thailand, China (Uyghurs
The Uyghurs,. alternatively spelled Uighurs, Uygurs or Uigurs, are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central Asia and East Asia. The Uyghurs are recognized as the ti ...
)
****F1c – Japan
*****F1c1 – Japan
******F1c1a – Korea, Xinjiang, Tibet, Jammu and Kashmir, Thailand (Palaung in Chiang Mai Province, Khmu in Nan Province, Khon Mueang in Lampang Province)
*******F1c1a1 – Russia, China (Qingdao, ''etc.''), Evenk (New Barag Left Banner), Oroqen, Zhuang (Bama), Taiwan (Minnan)
********F1c1a1a – Tibet (Shannan, Sherpa, ''etc.''), Yi
********F1c1a1b – China
*******F1c1a2 – Tibet, Thailand, China (Chongqing), India
****F1f – Thailand, China, Lahu, Myanmar, Tibet, Cambodia, Vietnam (Hmong)
***F1-T16189C!
****F1b - Korea, Japan, Mongolia, China (North China)
*****F1b1 – China, Tibet (Shigatse, ''etc.''), Ladakh, Uyghur (Artux, ''etc.''), Kyrgyz, Azeri, Kurd (Iran), Armenian, Turkey, Russia, Croatia
******F1b1a – Japan, Korea, Uyghur
*******F1b1a1 – Japan, Korea
********F1b1a1a – Japan, Korea, USA (African American)[Rebecca S Just, Melissa K Scheible, Spence A Fast, ''et al.'', "Full mtGenome reference data: development and characterization of 588 forensic-quality haplotypes representing three U.S. populations." ''Forensic Sci Int Genet.'' 2015 Jan;14:141-55. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.09.021. Epub 2014 Oct 5.]
*********F1b1a1a1 – Japan, Korea
**********F1b1a1a1a – Japan
*********F1b1a1a2 – Japan, Korea
*********F1b1a1a3 – Japan
*******F1b1a2 – Japan, Korea
******F1b1b – Yakut, Uyghur, Kyrgyz, Turk, Even ( Sakkyryyr, Tompo), Korea
******F1b1c – China, Yi, Buryat
******F1b1d – Japan, Korea
******F1b1e – Uyghur, Kyrgyz, Buryat, Oroqen, Russian ( Sverdlovsk Oblast)
*******F1b1e1 – Yakut
******F1b1f – China, Uyghur, Buryat ( Buryat Republic), Yakut ( Namsky District), Evenk (Stony Tunguska River basin), Hungary (ancient Avars)
****F1d – China (Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Beijing, Liaoning, Korean from Antu County, Hezhen, Minnan, Lhasa, ''etc.''), Thailand ( Mon in Kanchanaburi Province), South Korea, Japan, Kyrgyz (Artux, Ak-Say), ancient Scythian
*****F1d1 – Tibet, Nepal (Tharu), Newar of Nepal (12%), Myanmar, Thailand ( Mon in Kanchanaburi Province), China, Japan, South Africa
****F1e
*****F1e1 – China (North China), Mongolia
******F1e1a – Japan
*****F1e2 – China, Kyrgyz (Tashkurgan)
*****F1e3 – China (Guangdong, ''etc.''), Laos ( Lao in Vientiane), Thailand ( Phuan in Lopburi Province and Phichit Province), Sumatra, Vietnam (Kinh)
****F1g – Tibet, Thailand ( Phuan in Lopburi Province, Sukhothai Province, and Phichit Province), China, Kyrgyz (Tashkurgan)
*****F1g1 – China (Yunnan, ''etc.''), Vietnam (Hmong, Dao), Nepal (Newar, 2.4%)
**F2
***F2* – Laos ( Lao in Vientiane), China, Hong Kong, Uyghur (Artux)
***F2a'b'g
****F2a – China (Han from Beijing, Xinjiang, ''etc.''), Taiwan (Makatao), Korea, Japan, Kazakhstan
*****F2a1 – China (Han from Shandong), Naxi, Bai, Nu, Tu ( Monguor),[Kong, Q.P., Yao, Y.G., Sun, C., Zhu, C.L., Zhong, L., Wang, C.Y., Cai, W.W., Xu, X.M., Xu, A.L. and Zhang, Y.P., 2004. Phylogeographic analysis of mitochondrial DNA haplogroup F2 in China reveals T12338C in the initiation codon of the ND5 gene not to be pathogenic. Journal of human genetics, 49(8), p.414.] Yi, Tibetan
*****F2a2 – China (Han from Zhanjiang, ''etc.''), Miao (Guizhou), Kinh (Guangxi), Dai and Lisu (Yunnan)
*****F2a3 – China (Han from Xinjiang, Yunnan, Qinghai, and Shandong), Tu, Hui, Mongols in Inner Mongolia
****F2b – China (Han from Qingdao), Taiwan (Hakka)
*****F2b1 – Thailand ( Lao Isan in Roi Et Province and Chaiyaphum Province, Khon Mueang in Lampang Province), China (Han from Beijing, Xinjiang, ''etc.''), Buryat (Irkutsk Oblast), Yakut, Even (NE Sakha Republic), Yukaghir (NE Sakha Republic),[Sardana A Fedorova, Maere Reidla, Ene Metspalu, ''et al.'', "Autosomal and uniparental portraits of the native populations of Sakha (Yakutia): implications for the peopling of Northeast Eurasia." ''BMC Evolutionary Biology'' 2013, 13:127. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/13/127] Nepal (Newar, 1.1%)
****F2g – China, Ladakh
***F2c – China
****F2c1 – China (Shantou, ''etc.''), Japan
****F2c2 – China (Han from Beijing), Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz)
***F2d – China, Uyghur, Thailand (Khon Mueang in Chiang Mai Province and Lamphun Province), Singapore, Japan, Kazakhstan
***F2e – China, Thailand (Tai Yuan in Uttaradit Province, Phuan in Phrae Province and Lopburi Province, Khon Mueang in Chiang Mai Province), Vietnam ( Dao)
****F2e1 – China, Barghut (Hulun Buir)
***F2f – Japan, Korea, China, Pakistan ( Hazara), Azerbaijan (Astara), Bashkortostan ( Bashkir), Poland
***F2h'i – China
****F2h – China, Tibet (Lhasa), Taiwan, Thailand ( Tai Dam in Kanchanaburi Province)
****F2i – China, Taiwan (Makatao), Korea
**F3 (formerly R9a)
***F3a – China (Han from Ili, ''etc.''), Uyghur, Thailand
****F3a1 – China (Han from Yunnan, Guizhou, Shantou, Lanzhou,[Hongbin Yao, Mengge Wang, Xing Zou, ''et al.'', "New insights into the fine-scale history of western-eastern admixture of the northwestern Chinese population in the Hexi Corridor via genome-wide genetic legacy." ''Mol Genet Genomics'' 2021 Mar 1. doi: 10.1007/s00438-021-01767-0.
] ''etc.''), Kyrgyz (Tashkurgan), Taiwan (Hakka, ''etc.''), Thailand ( Phuan in Suphan Buri Province, Shan in Mae Hong Son Province, Khon Mueang in Chiang Rai Province, Mae Hong Son Province, Chiang Mai Province, Lamphun Province, and Lampang Province), Vietnam ( Hmong, Dao)
***F3b – Thailand, Japan, Korea, China (Han from Qijiang), Yi
****F3b1 – Philippines, Comoros (Comorian from Grande Comore), USA
*****F3b1a – Taiwan (Rukai, Puyuma, Paiwan, Tsou, Makatao, Bunun, Ami, ''etc.''), Philippines ( Maranao)
******F3b1a1 – Philippines (Bugkalot), Indonesia
******F3b1a2 – Taiwan (Puyuma, Bunun, Paiwan, ''etc.'')
*****F3b1b – Madagascar, Sumatra, Philippines (Batak from Palawan Island)
******F3b1b1 – Philippines (Ibaloi, Kankanaey, Ifugao), Spain, Denmark
**F4
***F4a – Thailand/Laos, China, Taiwan, Korea
****F4a1
*****F4a1a – Japan, China ( Han from Lanzhou, She), Taiwan
*****F4a1b – China, Japan
****F4a2 – China, Laos ( Lao in Vientiane and Luang Prabang), Thailand ( Phuan in Lopburi Province, Nyah Kur in Chaiyaphum Province, Khon Mueang in Lamphun Province)
***F4b – China (Han from Beijing), Thailand ( Khon Mueang in Mae Hong Son Province, Lao Isan in Roi Et Province)
****F4b1 – China, Taiwan (Atayal, Bunun, Saisiyat, Thao, Tsou, Ami, Makatao, ''etc.''), Philippines, Madagascar
Table of frequencies by ethnic group
See also
* Genealogical DNA test
* Genetic genealogy
* Human mitochondrial genetics
*Population genetics
Population genetics is a subfield of genetics that deals with genetic differences within and among populations, and is a part of evolutionary biology. Studies in this branch of biology examine such phenomena as Adaptation (biology), adaptation, s ...
References
Sources
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External links
*General
**Ian Logan'
Mitochondrial DNA Site
**Mannis van Oven'
Phylotree
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**YFull MTree'
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**MITOMAP'
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**FamilyTreeDNA's mtDNA Haplotree
Haplogroup F
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