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Haplogroup O

Y-DNA (paternal line)

The dominant paternal lineage of East and Southeast Asia. [isogg]

For a fuller account, search “Haplogroup O” in a reference such as Wikipedia or ISOGG.

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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