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From: John S Walden <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] 21 for DYS 390 and other rare values
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 13:18:06 -0400
In-Reply-To: <179.c3daec8.2a7ac479@aol.com>


At 01:06 PM 8/1/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> > She (Nancy Custer) mentions that a value of 21 for DYS 390 has a frequency
> > of only .0466. I have two Cardens, both from Co Sligo, Ireland, with 21
> > for DYS 390. Does anyone else have an occurrence of this very rare number?
> >
> > Arthur,

Rare is relative term here 4% is still a large number.
There should be about 7 million men in the USA with that marker today.
John W

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