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haplogroup

[ hap-luh-groop ]

noun

  1. Genetics. a set of similar haplotypes inherited together, or a group who shares a set of similar haplotypes, used to understand genetic lineages.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of haplogroup1

First recorded in 1990–95; haplo- + group

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