Haplogroup P1 (Y-DNA)


Haplogroup P1, also known as P-M45 and K2b2a, is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup in human genetics. Defined by the SNPs M45 and PF5962, P1 is a primary branch of P*.
The only primary subclades of P1 are Haplogroup Q and Haplogroup R. These haplogroups now comprise most of the male lineages among Native Americans, Europeans, Central Asia and South Asia, among other parts of the world.
P1 likely originated in East Asia or Southeast Asia, even though basal P1* is now most common among individuals in Eastern Siberia and Central Asia. Both P* and its precursor, K2b, reach their highest rates among members of the Aeta people of Luzon in the Philippines, and; Luzon is also the only location where P*, P1 and haplogroup P2, the only other primary subclade of P*, have been found together. A 2018 study found basal P1* in two Siberian individuals dated to the Upper Paleolithic from a Yana river archaeological site.

Structure

The subclades of Haplogroup P1 with their defining mutation, according to the 2016 ISOGG tree:

P1*

The modern populations with high frequencies of P1* are located in Central Asia and Eastern Siberia:
Modern South Asian populations also feature P1 at low to moderate frequencies. In South Asia, P-M45 is most frequent among the Muslims of Manipur, but this may be due to a very small sample size.
A levels of 14% P-M45* on the island of Korčula in Dalmatia and 6% on the neighbouring island of Hvar, may be linked to immigration during the early medieval period, by Central Asian peoples such as the Avars.
It is possible that many cases of haplogroup P1 reported in Central Asia, South Asia and/or West Asia are members of rare or less-researched subclades of haplogroups R2 and Q, rather than P1* per se.
Population groupLanguage familyCitationSample sizePercentageComments
TuvinianTurkicDarenko 200511335.40P-M45
NivkhNivkhLell 20011735P-M45
Altai-KizhiTurkicDarenko 20059228.3P-M45
TodjinTurkicDarenko 20053622.2P-M45
ChukchiChukotko-KamchatkanLell 20012420.8P-M45
KoryakChukotko-KamchatkanLell 20012718.5P-M45
YupikEskimo-Aleut languagesLell 20013318.2P-M45
UighurTurkicXue 20067017.1P-M45
KalmykMongolicDarenko 20056811.8P-M45
TurkmenTurkicWells 20013010P-M45
SoyotTurkicDarenko 2005348.8P-M45
UriankhaiMongolicKatoh 2004608.3P-M45
KhakasTurkicDarenko 2005537.6P-M45
KazakhTurkicWells 2001545.6P-M45
UzbekTurkicWells 20013665.5P-M45
Khasi-KhmuicAustroasiaticReddy 20093535.40P-M45§
MundaAustroasiaticReddy 20096410.90P-M45§
NicobareseMon-KhmerReddy 2009110.00P-M45§
South-East AsiaAustroasiaticReddy 20092571.60P-M45§
GaroTibeto-BurmanReddy 2009711.40P-M45§
North-east IndiaTibeto-BurmanReddy 20092263.10P-M45§
East AsiaTibeto-BurmanReddy 20092140.00P-M45§
Eastern Indiavarious/unknownReddy 20095418.50P-M45§
Southern Talysh IranianNasidze 2009504.00P-M45
Northern Talysh IranianNasidze 2009405.00P-M45
MazandaraniIranianNasidze 2009504.00P-M45
GilakiIranianNasidze 2009500.00P-M45
TehranIranianNasidze 2004804.00P-M45
IsfahanIranianNasidze 2004506.00P-M45
BakhtiariIranianNasidze 2008532.00P-M45
Iranian ArabsArabicNasidze 2008472.00P-M45
North IranIranianRegueiro 2006339.00P-M45
South IranIranianRegueiro 20061173.00P-M45
South CaucacusGeorgianNasidze and Stoneking 2001773.00P-M45
South CaucacusArmenianNasidze and Stoneking 20011002.00P-M45
Sherpas from NepalTibeto-BurmanBhandari et al. 20155821.67P1 or P
Sherpas from TibetTibeto-BurmanBhandari et al. 20155820.64P1 or P
Hvar Croatian14Possible link to medieval Avar settlers.
Korčula Croatian6Possible link to medieval Avar settlers.

§ May include members of haplogroup R2.
''May include members of haplogroup R1*/R1a*
Population groupNP QRPaper
Count%Count%Count%
Gope1616.4Sahoo 2006
Oriya Brahmin2414.2Sahoo 2006
Mahishya17317.6Sahoo 2006
Bhumij15213.3Sahoo 2006
Saora13323.1Sahoo 2006
Nepali7228.6Sahoo 2006
Muslims of Manipur9333.3Sahoo 2006
:Category:Rajput clans of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh Rajput1516.7Sahoo 2006
Lambadi18422.2Sahoo 2006
Gujarati Patel9222.2Sahoo 2006
Katkari1915.3Sahoo 2006
Madia Gond1417.1Sahoo 2006
Kamma Chowdary150016.71280Sahoo 2006

Q

Near universal in the Kets of Siberia. Very common in pre-modern Native American populations, except for the Na-Dene peoples, where it reaches 50-90%.
Also common, at 25-50%, in modern Siberian populations such as the Nivkhs, Selkups, Tuvans, Chukchi, Siberian Eskimos, Northern Altaians, and in 30% of Turkmens.

R

The only discovered case of basal R* is the Mal'ta Boy.
Subclades of R1b, R1a and R2 are now dominant in various populations from Europe to South Asia.