haplogroup

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noun

A group of closely related haplotypes.

OriginEnglish group ← Italian gruppo ← French groupe →
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Meanings

nounhaplogroup (plural haplogroups)

plural haplogroups

  1. biologyA group of closely related haplotypes.

    A haplogroup comprises the genes present on one chromosome.

    1984, Alfred Nisonoff, Introduction to Molecular Immunology, page 128
    1 more example

    The earlier Amerind migration carried with it only four Asian haplotypes, which subsequently evolved into Amerind-specific haplogroups A, B, C, and D.

    1993, “mtDNA Variation of Aboriginal Siberians Reveals Distinct Genetic Affinities with Native Americans”, in American Journal of Human Genetics, volume 53, page 591

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̔- (hă-)
  5. Ancient Greekᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)
  6. Englishhaplo-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*grewbʰ-
  8. Proto-Germanic*kruppaz
  9. Frankish*krupp
  10. Vulgar Latin*cruppus
  11. Italiangruppo
  12. Frenchgroupe
  13. Italiangruppo
  14. Englishgroup
  15. Englishhaplogroup

From haplo- + group.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 單倍群 /单倍群, 單體群 /单体群
  • 單倍群 /单倍群 (dānbèiqún)group of haplotypes
  • 單體群 /单体群 (dāntǐqún)group of haplotypes
Czech haploskupina
  • haploskupinagroup of haplotypes
Dutch haplogroep
  • haplogroepgroup of haplotypes
Finnish haploryhmä
  • haploryhmägroup of haplotypes
French haplogroupe
  • haplogroupegroup of haplotypes
German Haplogruppe
  • Haplogruppegroup of haplotypes
Greek απλοομάδα
  • απλοομάδα (aploomáda)group of haplotypes
Italian halpogruppo
  • halpogruppogroup of haplotypes
Japanese ハプログループ
  • ハプログループ (hapurogurūpu)group of haplotypes
Korean 하플로그룹
  • 하플로그룹 (hapeullogeurup)group of haplotypes
Polish haplogrupa
  • haplogrupagroup of haplotypes
Portuguese haplogrupo
  • haplogrupogroup of haplotypes
Russian гаплогру́ппа
  • гаплогру́ппа (gaplogrúppa)group of haplotypes
Spanish haplogrupo
  • haplogrupogroup of haplotypes
Cite this entry
APA

haplogroup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haplogroup

MLA

“haplogroup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haplogroup. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haplogroup,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haplogroup.

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