Comments on: Argus BioSciences Now Testing Y-DNA http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/08/09/argus-biosciences-now-testing-y-dna/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=argus-biosciences-now-testing-y-dna Adding DNA to the Genealogist's Toolbox Sun, 05 May 2013 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Y-DNA SNP: Web Search Results from Answers.com http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/08/09/argus-biosciences-now-testing-y-dna/comment-page-1/#comment-2074 Y-DNA SNP: Web Search Results from Answers.com Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:54:33 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/08/09/argus-biosciences-now-testing-y-dna/#comment-2074 [...] on 5 May 2008. Added IMS-JST to SNP definitions on 5 May 2008. …www.isogg.org/tree/index.htmlArgus BioSciences Now Testing Y-DNA » The Genetic GenealogistAug 9, 2007 … I notice many companies offer Y-DNA SNP testing as an upgrade to STR testing. Do [...]

]]> By: Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D. http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/08/09/argus-biosciences-now-testing-y-dna/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:00:24 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/08/09/argus-biosciences-now-testing-y-dna/#comment-369 Great question as always! The answer depends on what you want to discover. If you want to know specifically which Haplogroup you fit into, the best bet is a SNP test. If you want to know your haplotype for comparison reasons, STR testing might be more appropriate.

For instance, let’s look at my Y-DNA results. I took a 67-marker test, and now I have information for those 67 STRs. I can enter that information into a database and use it to make connections with other people who might be closely related to me. However, I do NOT know with 100% certainty my own Haplogroup because I’ve never had SNP testing. Assignment into a Haplogroup based on STR results is statistical, and the statistics say that I belong to Haplogroup R1bc. I hope to someday do SNP testing to confirm that assignment.

]]> By: Hsien Lei http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/08/09/argus-biosciences-now-testing-y-dna/comment-page-1/#comment-368 Hsien Lei Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:22:58 +0000 http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/08/09/argus-biosciences-now-testing-y-dna/#comment-368 I have a question. I notice many companies offer Y-DNA SNP testing as an upgrade to STR testing. Do you think people should go straight for SNP testing instead?

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