BovineBen
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- Y-DNA haplogroup
- R-U152 L2
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- H1 H1e2
Hello all
I am new to this forum and the study of genetics, and am finding it fascinating. Excuse my ignorance but I have a basic question that is probably covered many times somewhere in the literature on haplo groups.
My querie is why do some people test as older haplo groups/ subclades and others more recent mutations? I was under the impression that genes mutate at a fairly constant rate.
For example I come up as R1b-U152 and subclade L2, and a family friend registers as
R-M269, a much older R1b group.
Thanks for any assistance.
I am new to this forum and the study of genetics, and am finding it fascinating. Excuse my ignorance but I have a basic question that is probably covered many times somewhere in the literature on haplo groups.
My querie is why do some people test as older haplo groups/ subclades and others more recent mutations? I was under the impression that genes mutate at a fairly constant rate.
For example I come up as R1b-U152 and subclade L2, and a family friend registers as
R-M269, a much older R1b group.
Thanks for any assistance.