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Ötzi: Y-DNA
In September 2011 the known blog of Dienekes Pontikos dedicated to genetics
announced early results of the study of
Ötzi genome.
And really, on the 15th September 2011 it was announced
that Ötzi belongs to G2a4 haplogroup!
The database of the Czech Y-DNA contains 35 haplotypes of the G2a haplogroup. A current graph shows 25 of them:
We find out whose link to this warrior living in Alps some 5300 years ago is the shortest, when (if) we get his STR markers´ values, too.
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