Haplogroup Q-L54

Haplogroup Q-L54 is a subclade of Y-DNA haplogroup Q-L53. Q1a3a-L54 is defined by the presence of the L54 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP).

Distribution
Q-L54 has descendants across Western and Central Europe, the North and East of Asia, and the Americas. It includes two of the major pre-Columbian paternal lineages in the Americas: Q-M3 and Q-M971. The boy Anzick-1, who lived 12,600 years ago and was found in the state of Montana, has a Y-chromosome that refers to haplogroup Q-M971 (Q-L54*(xM3)). Q-L54 descendant lines also include two Eurasian paternal lineages, the Central Asian Q-L330 lineage and the Scandinavian Q-L804. Q-L330 is also found in some men with Romaniote Jewish paternal lines from Greece. Q-L804 is Scandinavian and the TMRCA is just over 3000 years. Haplogroup Q‐L54 is dominant in two North Siberian populations, the Kets and Selkups, with frequencies of 97.7% and 66.7%, respectively.

Associated SNP's
Q-L54 is currently defined by the L54 SNP alone.

Subgroups
Current status of the polygenetic tree for Q-L54 is published by Pinotti et al. in the article Y Chromosome Sequences Reveal a Short Beringian Standstill, Rapid Expansion, and early Population structure of Native American Founders. Calibrated phylogeny of Y haplogroup Q-L54.
 * L54
 * Q-L330
 * Q-MPB001 (18.9 kya)
 * Q-CTS1780
 * Q-M930
 * Q-L804
 * Q-M3 (15.0 kya)
 * Q-Y4308
 * Q-M848 (14.9 kya)

The 2013 version of the polygenetic tree for haplogroup Q-L54 made by Thomas Krahn at the Genomic Research Center: Proposed Tree.


 * L54
 * M3, L341.2
 * M19
 * M194
 * M199, P106, P292
 * PAGES104, PAGES126
 * PAGES131
 * L663
 * SA01
 * L766, L767
 * L883, L884, L885, L886, L887
 * L888, L889, L890, L891
 * L804, L805
 * L807
 * Z780
 * L191
 * L400, L401
 * L456
 * L568, L569, L570, L571
 * L567
 * L619.1
 * L330, L334
 * L329, L332, L333

Y-DNA Q-M242 Subclades
• Q-M242

• Q-L275

• Q-L330

• Q-L717

• Q-L940

• Q-L53

• Q-L54

• Q-M120

• Q-M25

• Q-M3

• Q-M323

• Q-M346

• Q-NWT01

• Q-P89.1

• Q-Z780