Phylogeography of human Y chromosome haplogroup R1b1b2 (R-M269)
in Europe F. Cruciani et al.Note that in the abstract below, the
authors refer to Slavopaionians, not Macedonians. The human Y
chromosome haplogroup R1b1b2 (R-M269) displays an extremely wide
geographic distribution within Europe, with a decreasing
frequency cline from Iberia (frequencies up to 90%) towards the
Balkans (usually less than 10%). Previous studies have proposed
that the observed R1b1b2 frequency cline is due to a population
expansion from an Iberian Ice-age refugium after the LGM
(Malaspina et al. 1998; Semino et al. 2000). In this study, we
explored the phylogeography of the human Y chromosome haplogroup
R1b1b2 by analyzing more than 2,000 males from Europe. The
haplogroup-defining marker M269 (Cruciani et al. 2002), and two
additional internal markers (U106 and U152, Sims et al 2007)
which identify internal branches (R1b1b2g and R1b1b2h) were
analyzed. The paragroup R1b1b2*(xR1b1b2g, R1b1b2h) and the
haplogroups R1b1b2g and R1b1b2h