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From: jim berry <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Company Comparison Chart
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:30:39 -0400
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Nelda,

Although I haven't received my results yet, Argus Biosciences
<http://www.argusbio.com/>; say that they test base pairs 16000 to 16569
and 00001 to 00575, for a total of 1145 base pairs. This region
contains the mitochondrial D-loop, including hypervariable regions HVR1
and HVR2.

jim

On Jul 24, 2006, at 4:04 AM, Bonnie wrote:

> What you should find out is the exact places where each company's
> definition of HVR1 and HVR2 begins and ends. It can vary from one
> company to another, and this is a significant factor to consider. For
> example, FTDNA says they test, in HVR1 and HVR2,
>
>> 16001 to 16569 and 00001 to 00574, for a total of 1143 base pairs.
>
> Some other companies don't test as many base pairs as that.

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