R-DF13, which is also known as R-S521, R-Z2542 and R-CTS8221, as well as the
phylogenetic name R1b1a1b1a1a2c1a, is a
human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup, which is characteristic of a majority of the living male inhabitants of
Ireland,
Scotland,
Wales and
Brittany.
Origin
R-DF13, which originated approximately 4,200 years ago, is a primary
subclade of R-L21. It is likely associated with the
Bell Beaker culture and, possibly, the
Celts.
This haplogroup is found among an absolute majority of the male inhabitants of
Ireland,
Scotland,
Wales,
Cornwall and
Brittany; is also found at significant levels in
England, northern
France, and north-west
Iberia (
Northern Portugal,
Galicia
Galicia may refer to:
Geographic regions
* Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain
** Gallaecia, a Roman province
** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia
** The medieval King ...
and
Asturias). It is found at lower levels in
Belgium and the
Netherlands.
DF13 is ancestral to many subclades commonly found in the above areas, including: R-L513/S215/DF1, R-L1335, R-Z253, R-ZZ10, R-Z251, R-Z255/S219, R-FGC33712, R-FGC59881 and R-FGC33755.
References
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Celtic studies
Genetics in the United Kingdom
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