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Haplogroup L3

mtDNA (maternal line)

The African lineage from which the out-of-Africa branches M and N descend. [isogg]

Fuller account: L3 on Wikipedia.

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Sources

• [isogg] International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG), Y-DNA Haplogroup Tree. Reference — cite for haplogroup nomenclature only (not frequencies) · link