macrohaplogroup

English

Alternative forms

• macro-haplogroup

Etymology

From macro- +‎ haplogroup.

Noun

macrohaplogroup (plural macrohaplogroups)

1. A major haplogroup, especially one that is the head of a phylogeny
   • 2015 August 25, “Quantitative Phylogenomics of Within-Species Mitogenome Variation: Monte Carlo and Non-Parametric Analysis of Phylogeographic Structure among Discrete Transatlantic Breeding Areas of Harp Seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus)”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     These are Fr2 in Haplogroup A1 of macrohaplogroup M [9 ], San2 in Haplogroup L1 [1 ], a Neandertal [56 ], and a Denisovan [57 ].