Talk:Haplogroup J (mtDNA)

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[edit] Spread of mt group J through Europe

I wonder if the European J1 came from the likes of the Alans. In Talk:Yazdgerd III I mention how I found reference to mt haplogroup J1a belonging to one of the Persian king Yazdgerds. I know most academics are now trying to put the origin of most haploid DNA groups far back into pre-history for everywhere they occur today; though we know obviously from the movement to the new world and the like that this couldn't be possible universally. Nagelfar 20:39, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Diversity.

It seems that if 3 of the largest subclades are found in Europe only, 3 found in Europe and the near east both, and 1 found in the near east only, that the genetic diversity of mthaplogroup J is then greater in Europe and more likely has its origins there, even if it is 1% more frequent in the middle east (out of less subclades), of course, more testing needs to be done. Nagelfar 16:24, 30 June 2007 (UTC)