23andMe V4 not compatible with some Autosomal Genetic Genealogy Tools!
I got several complaints that 23andMe doesn't work with some of genetic genealogy tools. So, I went ahead and investigated why. I then learnt about the new V4 chip from 23andMe. After reading several...
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$100 Off Coupon for Big Y Tests
I received a coupon from Family Tree DNA which allows a $100 off for Big-Y test. Unfortunately, I don't intend to do any more Big-Y tests this year. Hence, I am posting my coupon code in my blog....
View ArticleMinor Thesis - An evidence-based Android cache forensics model
Please have a look at minor thesis submitted for my masters degree.Thesis AbstractAndroid is the most popular and widely used mobile operating systems. Although Android is one of the most actively...
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Clovis-Anzick-1 ancient DNA have matches with living people!
The genome sequence of a male infant (Anzick-1) recovered from the Anzick burial site in western Montana is converted into familiar formats to genetic genealogists which I made available here.I also...
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Ancient Amerindian DNA: How valid are the matches?
Update: 8-Oct-2014Uploaded a new kit F999919 processed from Clovis Anzick-1 BAM file. Refer: New Clovis Anzick-1 kit in GEDMatch: F999919This blog is a follow-up of my previous post, Clovis-Anzick-1...
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Mal’ta MA-1 Ancient DNA Analysis
After processing the Mal’ta MA-1 Ancient DNA sample, I proceeded with the output data to see what I can find.HaplogroupsThe Y-Haplogroup is R, but also positive for R1b1a2a1a2c1b4 (or R-CTS3087). The...
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Uploaded New GEDMatch Kit for Clovis-Anzick-1
Update: 8-Oct-2014Uploaded a new kit F999919 processed from Clovis Anzick-1 BAM file. Refer: New Clovis Anzick-1 kit in GEDMatch: F999919Clovis-Anzick DNA was uploaded to GEDMatch with FTDNA SNPs alone...
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Analyzing La Braña-Arintero Ancient DNA
Approximately 7,000-year-old Mesolithic skeleton discovered at the La Braña-Arintero site in León, Spain, had been sequenced to retrieve a complete pre-agricultural European human genome. I converted...
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Mal'ta MA-1 ancient DNA have matches with a few living people on X-Chromosome!
I posted the processed sequence of an ancient genome of individual (MA-1), from Mal’ta in south-central Siberia in formats familiar to genetic genealogists which I made available here and uploaded to...
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Mezmaiskaya neanderthal kit from GEDMatch removed
I am revisiting some of the kits uploaded to GEDMatch with less SNPs common with DNA testing companies. I found one such kit which is Mezmaiskaya Neanderthal uploaded as kit F999909.You can see how...
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Linearbandkeramik (LBK) ancient DNA matches with living people!
LBK sample is a ~7,500 year old early farmer from the Linearbandkeramik (LBK) culture from Stuttgart in Germany. I converted the raw data provided by authors in their publication Ancient human genomes...
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My Analysis of Motala-12 ancient DNA
The Motala samples come from the site of Kanaljorden in the town of Motala, Östergötland, Sweden. The site was excavated between 2009 and 2013. The authors state that these samples are between 7,013...
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Loschbour ancient DNA matches living people
To investigate European population history around the time of the agricultural transition, the authors sequenced complete genomes from a ~8,000 year old skeleton from the Loschbour rock shelter in...
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Clovis Anzick DNA Match: SNP by SNP Analysis
I initially uploaded F999912 only with FTDNA SNPs. Surprised with lots of matches, I then uploaded F999913 but with SNPs tested by all DNA companies and removed the previous kit. Both kits were from...
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New Clovis Anzick-1 kit in GEDMatch: F999919
As described in the post Clovis Anzick DNA Match: SNP by SNP Analysis, the processing for Clovis Anzick ancient DNA BAM file which is 40 gigabytes and ran for 2 weeks is now completed, and it did emit...
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Downloading files from Google Drive
I believe most who are not familiar with using Google drive, face difficulty in downloading files esp., files that shows previews. Because, I had been using Google Drive extensively for /sharing...
View ArticleThe true IBS noise range
Last year, I wrote a blog, Noise threshold on atDNA Matches, where I mathematically calculated that IBS noise cannot occur greater than 150 consecutive SNPs. However, this assumes that the population...
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Hinxton-2 Analysis
Hinxton-2 refers to an ancient sample ERS389796 which was provided by the authors of yet to be published paper. I was able to upload to GEDMatch as kit# F999921. Below is what I found based on my...
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IBS Noise Kit at GEDMatch
After writing the post - The true IBS noise range, I got a request to upload the random file to GEDMatch so see if it matches anyone. I initially hesitated but later I thought, why not? May be, this...
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Convert Ancient DNA Sequence Reads to VCF format
I accidentally stumbled on a post by genetiker in anthrogenica.com claiming what I uploaded as garbage files and showing that there are no Y-calls at certain regions using samtools. Because many...
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