Y-DNA haplogroups in populations of North Africa Listed here are the human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups found in various ethnic groups and populations from North Africa and the Sahel (Tuaregs ).
By population
By samples from country
Samples over-represent the smaller populations which are usually the subject of genetic studies [ 29]
Country[ 5]
n
A
B
E-M33
E-M2
E-M35*
E-M78*
E-V12
E-V32
E-V13
E-V22
E-V65
E-M81
E-M34
F
G
I
J1
J2
K
L
O
P,R
Q
R1a
R1b-V88
R1b-M269
R2
T
Mauritania /Western Sahara
189
-
0.53
5.29
6.88
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
55.56
11.11
-
-
-
13.23
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6.88
0.53
-
-
Morocco
760
0.26
0.66
2.76
3.29
4.21
0.79
0.26
-
0.26
1.84
3.68
67.37
0.66
0.26
0.66
0.13
6.32
1.32
0.53
-
-
0.26
-
-
0.92
3.55
-
-
Algeria
156
-
-
0.64
5.13
0.64
1.92
0.64
-
0.64
1.28
1.92
44.23
1.28
3.85
-
-
21.79
4.49
0.64
-
-
-
0.64
0.64
2.56
7.04
-
-
Tunisia
601
-
0.17
0.5
0.67
1.66
-
-
-
-
3
3.16
62.73
1.16
2.66
0.17
0.17
16.64
2.83
0.33
-
-
0.33
-
0.5
1.83
0.33
-
1.16
Libya
83
-
-
-
38.55
-
-
-
-
2.41
-
4.82
45.78
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2.41
-
-
6.02
-
-
-
Egypt
370
1.35
-
0.54
2.43
3.24
0.81
7.03
1.62
0.81
9.19
2.43
11.89
6.76
1.08
5.68
0.54
20.81
6.75
0.27
0.81
0.27
0.54
0.27
2.16
2.97
2.97
0.54
6.22
Geographic components for Y-DNA lineages
Component[ 30]
Morocco (n=760)
Algeria (n=156)
Tunisia (n=601)
Mauritania/Western Sahara (189)
Egypt (370)
North Africa
79%
62.5%
71.7%
66.6%
43.7%
Middle East
7.6%
26.2%
19.4%
13.2%
27.5%
Europe
4.4%
9.5%
2.1%
7.4%
5.9%
West Africa
6%
5.7%
1.1%
12.1%
2.9%
East Africa
0.9%
0%
0.1%
0.5%
1.3%
See also
Africa
Y-DNA haplogroups by group
Notes
References
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