VT VT - Middlebury, 2WhtChildren(9-11/13-15)/1 WhtFem Adult(35-45), off logging Rd, 15 May 1935

[nhmemorymaker]

It already is. A lab has been trying to get enough usable DNA for an SNP profile out of one of the kids for years (I think the one confirmed to be male?), and once/if they do it was going to be sent to Identifinders for the genealogy research.

So i don't have to google it... can you summarize what an SNP profile is?
And do you know the name of the Lab?
I admit much ignorance in this study, even though I want to learn much more....

 

[The4TierBridge]

So i don't have to google it... can you summarize what an SNP profile is?
And do you know the name of the Lab?
I admit much ignorance in this study, even though I want to learn much more....

SNP stands for single-nucleotide polymorphism. It's a kind of genetic difference between people, and when you record lots of them together as a DNA profile it can be used as a unique genetic fingerprint to identify individuals and their genetic traits and predisposed diseases.

They require a lot more genetic material to be analyzed to create them than other standard forensic DNA tests like short-tandem repeats, but can also be generated from smaller and more damaged biological samples, and they're what's needed in order to conduct genetic genealogy by law enforcement and consumer DNA companies.

I think this recent publication by Oxford is a good overview: https://academic.oup.com/fsr/article/10/1/owae013/7625515

I'm not sure what lab Identifinders (which only does the IGG research part) was working with for this case (not that this info couldn't be public elsewhere, I'm just not aware at this time).

 

[nhmemorymaker]

SNP stands for single-nucleotide polymorphism. It's a kind of genetic difference between people, and when you record lots of them together as a DNA profile it can be used as a unique genetic fingerprint to identify individuals and their genetic traits and predisposed diseases.

They require a lot more genetic material to be analyzed to create them than other standard forensic DNA tests like short-tandem repeats, but can also be generated from smaller and more damaged biological samples, and they're what's needed in order to conduct genetic genealogy by law enforcement and consumer DNA companies.

I think this recent publication by Oxford is a good overview: https://academic.oup.com/fsr/article/10/1/owae013/7625515

I'm not sure what lab Identifinders (which only does the IGG research part) was working with for this case (not that this info couldn't be public elsewhere, I'm just not aware at this time).

Thanks for the article. Appreciate it.