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From: Jim T <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] The distribution of DYS716 in R1b
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 09:08:17 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.603.1209626415.22370.genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com>


The mutation rate for DYS716 given in the other forum seems to be at least 10 times too high. My guess is that it will turn out to be even lower than that. Will you update your estimate in the other forum?

Jim Turner

> From: Vincent Vizachero <>
>
> If it is the post I am thinking of, the culprit might have been
> me and the crime was (I think) misplacing a decimal. If the
> estimate was too high by a factor of 10, then I'll definitely
> plead guilty.
>
> Vince
>
> On Apr 29, 2008, at 6:47 PM, Jim T wrote:
>>
>> A post in another forum gave a mutation rate for DYS716 that seems
>> far too high. The post didn't say how the mutation rate was
>> calculated, but if they didn't take into account the fact that a
>> significant subclade of R1b has a different modal than the rest of
>> R1b, they would get a mutation rate that was too high.


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