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From: Robert Tarín <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] DYS390m ?
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 10:45:58 -0600
In-Reply-To: <001b01c74942$974f8a30$6400a8c0@Ken1>


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:genealogy-dna-
> ] On Behalf Of Ken Nordtvedt
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 10:28 AM
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> Subject: Re: [DNA] DYS390m ?
>
> Robert, Thanks, for some reason they chose to sequence? Quite a few of
the
> STRs commonly included in testing company collections are complex. Every
> time I am reminded of this I think "what a waste; I bet I could break up
> some populations if the division of repeats among the segments were
known".
> For instance, I notice that 390n shows mutations in their populations,
> although not as frequent as 390m.
>
> Ken


Ken,

Yes, in that study of African, European, Asian, Australian, and Papuan
samples they found the DYS389m segment to be highly informative for
identification of indigenous descent. They also stated DYS390m and -p
segments discriminate Asians, Papuans, and Australians from each other and
from Whites and Africans. They further state that the value of the four
DYS390 segments has been neglected, probably because of ascertainment bias:
in Whites, all segments but DYS390n are invariant. Maybe the various testing
companies should make note of this and start segmenting these marker
results. It could be very useful for analyzing population differences.
Hopefully they are reading this.

Robert


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