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Subject: Re: [DNA] IdentiGene (company mentioned on Cyndi's List)
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 12:56:01 EDT

In a message dated 09/02/02 5:38:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
writes:


> There were a couple of other interesting things on IdentiGene's web site.
> They also offer a Y chromosome test, which costs $1000 to process two
> samples, who must be black or Caucasian! I have written to the web site to
> find out what markers are used and why the test is limited.

I received a partial answer to this. The test is intended as a substitute for
paternity tests when the presumed father is not available, but there is a
related male. For this purpose, the laboratory would be using frequency of
various alleles in the general population to calculate probabilities, and
they only have data for blacks and Caucasians. The person who could answer my
questions as to which markers were used was on vacation. I'm still curious
about that, so I'll put that on my to-do list.

Ann Turner
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