haplogroup

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Frequency: 2.16 in modern English

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noun

"A haplogroup comprises the genes present on one chromosome."
"The earlier Amerind migration carried with it only four Asian haplotypes, which subsequently evolved into Amerind-specific haplogroups A, B, C, and D."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Hellenic *hə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̔- (hă-) Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) Ancient Greek ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)der. English haplo- Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kruppazder. Frankish *kruppbor. Vulgar Latin *cruppus Italian gruppobor. French groupebor. ▲ Italian gruppobor. English group English haplogroup From haplo- + group.

haplogroups (plural)

interhaplogroup intrahaplogroup macrohaplogroup parahaplogroup subhaplogroup superhaplogroup

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What does haplogroup mean?

A group of closely related haplotypes.

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