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, Haplogroup R-M167 (R1b1a1a2a1a2a1b1a1) is a

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which is a subdivision of Haplogroup R-DF27 and the wider

haplogroup R-M269 Haplogroup R-M269 is the sub-clade of human Y-chromosome haplogroup R1b that is defined by the SNP marker M269. According to ISOGG 2020 it is phylogenetically classified as R1b1a1b. It underwent intensive research and was previously classified ...

(more specifically, its subclade R-) defined by the presence of the marker M167 (also known as SRY2627).

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It arose comparatively recently, after the beginning of the

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, and is mostly prevalent in the population of the

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region.

Distribution

The first author to test for this marker (long before current haplogroup nomenclature existed) was Hurles in 1999, who tested 1158 men in various populations. He found it relatively common among Basques (13/117: 11%) and

Catalans Catalans ( Catalan, French and Occitan: ''catalans''; ; ; or ) are a Romance ethnic group native to Catalonia, who speak Catalan. The current official category of "Catalans" is that of the citizens of Catalonia, a nationality and autono ...

(7/32: 22%). Other occurrences were found among other Spanish,

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ais, other French, British and

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. In 2000 Rosser et al., in a study which tested 3616 men in various populations also tested for that same marker, naming the haplogroup Hg22, and again it was found mainly among Basques (19%), in lower frequencies among French (5%),

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ns (3%), Spanish (2%), Southern Portuguese (2%), and in single occurrences among

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ns,

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ns,

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and English. In 2001 Bosch described this marker as H103, found in 5 Basques and 5 Catalans. However a study in 2005 of Spanish Basques found lower levels of this haplogroup than those recorded in Basques by the earlier studies - only four samples out of the 168 tested. In 2008 a study by Adams and colleagues covered the whole of the Iberian Peninsula. It found the highest levels of this haplogroup in Catalonia. In the same year a study by López-Parra and colleagues concentrated on the populations of the Spanish

. They discovered a high levels of this haplogroup in the central and eastern

. The highest level so far discovered (48%) was found in the

Val d'Aran Aran (; ; ) (often known as the Aran Valley, or Val d'Aran in Aranese Occitan; in other forms of Occitan: ''Vath d'Aran'' or ''Vau d'Aran'', in Catalan: ''Vall d'Aran'', in Spanish: ''Valle de Arán'') is an autonomous administrative entity (form ...

, Catalonia. In a larger study specifically of Portugal in 2006, with 663 men tested, Beleza et al. showed low levels of this haplogroup ( described in the paper as R1b3f) in all the major regions, from 1.5%-3.5%. Breaking the results down to district, only Lisboa (at 5.7%) had over 5%. A 2012 study by Martinez-Cruz et al. found the following percentages of SRY2627: 7% in the three French departments of the Pays de Basque, 16% in Bearn, 14% in Bigorre, 7% in Chalosse, 6% in the Basque regions of Spain, 15% in La Rioja, and 19% in northern Aragon. According to an "analysis of the R1b-DF27 haplogroup" published in August 2017, SRY2627 (M167) appeared 3,458 years before present in Spain (Aragon).

Haplotypes

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* R1b1b2a1a2c (R1b1a2a1a1b5a) Modal Haplotype
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References

12. García-Fernández, Carla, et al. "Y-chromosome target enrichment reveals rapid expansion of haplogroup R1b-DF27 in Iberia during the Bronze Age transition." Scientific Reports 12.1 (2022): 20708. https://rdcu.be/dkI0g

Distribution

Haplotypes

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References

See also

Y-DNA R-M207 subclades

Y-DNA backbone tree