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From: Robert Tarín <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] DYS390m ?
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 15:15:09 -0600
In-Reply-To: <001801c74969$49aaea00$6400a8c0@Ken1>


Sorry Ken, in my haste to paraphrase I left out the qualifier "nearly". It
was not intentional on my part.

Robert

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:genealogy-dna-
> ] On Behalf Of Ken Nordtvedt
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 3:05 PM
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> Subject: Re: [DNA] DYS390m ?
>
>
> On Feb 5, 2007, at 11:45 AM, Robert Tarín wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> The body of the paper says "nearly invariant". How did that get switched
to
> "invariant"?
>
> The paper's Table shows less frequent (but nevertheless there) mutations
at
> 390m, so that segment is not invariant to the tune of 5 percent
alternatives
> to the dominant repeat in the German population.
>
> Ken
>
>
>
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