[lit-ideas] Fw: Andreas's genetics q.
- From: Carol Kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:46:54 -0800
Andreas,
From my son the geneticist. I hope this answers your question. I can't make
much sense of it, frankly.
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/SNP/snp_retrieve.cgi?subsnp_id=ss0301
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/SNP/snp_retrieve.cgi?subsnp_id=ss0701
>
> The numbers refer to specific changes in your DNA (single nucleotide
> polymorphisms, SNP) that serve as markers for particular chromosomal
> regions. People who are related will share common chromosomes, thus will
> also have common SNP's. Distantly related people have chromosomes that are
> highly diverged from each other, and have diferent SNP's.
>
> 10 SNP's are given because it is possible for distantly related people to
> randomly share 1 or 2 SNP's, but it is highly unlikely for distantly
> related people to share 10 common SNP's.
>
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>>
>>>Someone in New Jersey needs a bit of my bone
>>>marrow. ... I was chatting with them, and they told me that they use ten
>>>numbers now to do genetic mapping. Out of curiosity, I asked if they
>>>would
>>>tell me those numbers. They said sure, and they sent me the numbers. She
>>>said "now you can track anyone in history and see if they're a relative."
>>>
>>>It's like "47"; I know the number, but what's the question? For example,
>>>there's "DRB1 Molecular 0301, 0701."
>>>
>>>Is that good? I mean, of course I'm above average, and if anyone has
>>>0701,
>>>it's me, but, what does that mean? > yrs,
>>>
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