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Subject: Re: [DNA] Closest Match in ybase.org
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 10:47:33 EST


In a message dated 02/03/03 7:15:14 AM Pacific Standard Time,
writes:

> Young Johnston's DYS#s:
> 393, 390, 19, 391, 385a, 385b, 426, 388, 439, 389-1 392, and 389-2

Just a quick note of clarification: those are the names or labels of the
markers, not the individual's results. An individual's results are numbers,
typically in the 8-25 range, e.g. DYS390=23 means that the individual had 23
repeats for the Short Tandem Repeat marker labelled DYS390. The marker labels
have no intrinsic meaning -- they're more or less in the order of discovery.

Different labs do use different DYS numbers and/or put them in a different
order, so it's important to list both the marker label and the results when
posting to the list.

Ann Turner
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