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Detection of Rare Genomic Variants from Pooled Sequencing Using SPLINTER
Published on: June 23, 2012
SNaPshot® minisequencing analysis of multiple ancestry-informative Y-SNPs using capillary electrophoresis
1Department of Forensic Genetics, Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany. maria.geppert@charite.de
Abstract:
This protocol describes a strategy for analyzing phylogenetic Y-SNPs in a hierarchical multiplex assay by utilizing the SNaPshot(®) Multiplex System. Step by step, the protocol assists in the appropriate selection of SNPs, the primer design, the set up of PCR/SBE reactions as well as in the analysis of the results. Furthermore, a forensic approach is highlighted, in which the most probable ancestry of an unknown male DNA is inferred by the geographical distribution of the assigned Y-SNP haplogroup.
