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From: Gary Felix <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Different Subject
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 07:07:46 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <B990B7D0-D5E7-4C81-B8C6-05249D2F59FA@vizachero.com>


>Only if the ancestral value is close to "average". If the ancestral
>value were particularly long or short, this mechanism would push the
>allele length away from the ancestral value.

The convention is clear. Excess of losses in long alleles and gains in short alleles.

I would be interested in seeing the w shaped histogram of this marker and haplogroup.

>Also, multicopy markers should be considered with extra care in this
>case because of the confounding effects of RecLOH events.

RLOH are still mutations. I also have a Uncle Nephew pair with an extra 464 marker (AL of this list).

Gary
Mexico DNA Project Admin.




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