VPB 321: Animal Biotechnology (2+1)

ANCESTRY PREDICTION

• Predicting the Ancestry of an individual based on his/her genetic signatures or SNPs.mitochondrial SNPs are used in predicting maternal ancestry because mitochondria is passed ONLY through mother to the child.
• Y chromosome SNPs are used in predicting paternal ancestry because Y chromosome is passed from father to the child.
• Ancestry is one of the successful fields in bioinformatics.