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Q-F46 is a major West Siberian forest steppe lineage under Q-L941. It is particularly notable as a paternal component shared among Uralic speaking peoples and some Turkic influenced communities in the Ob and Irtysh basins. The clade likely formed in the West Siberian lowlands during the early Holocene, among groups living between the taiga and forest steppe transition. Today Q-F46 represents an important ancestral layer predating later Uralic and Turkic population expansions.
Q-F46 occurs among several West Siberian populations, including northern Mansi and Khanty, as well as among mixed Siberian groups in the Ob, Irtysh and Tobol river basins. Low level presence in Bashkir and Tatar populations reflects deep Siberian ancestry absorbed into Turkic groups. It also appears in some northern Russians influenced by Uralic and Siberian lineages.
On YFull, Q-F46 forms a structured branch under Q-L941, with subclusters that track West Siberian regional groups. The phylogeny shows moderate internal branching, suggesting gradual diversification across the forest steppe.
Q-F46 is essential for representing the older West Siberian component within haplogroup Q2. Its presence among Mansi, Khanty and some Turkic groups highlights millennia of contact and gene flow in the Ob basin.