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.

Origin of haplogroup

1
First recorded in 1990–95; haplo- + group

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