• Mouse whole genome scanning The unit offers microsatellite and SNP based
Genome Scanning Services for gene identification projects, based on linkage analysis, offering coverage for a number of mouse strains (i.e. C57BL6, DBA2J, CBA, 129S6, 129P2), as well as bioinformatic analysis using suitable mouse genetic software.
Not exact matches
Falling well short of full
genome analyses, these
services scan an individual's DNA for single nucleotide polymorphisms — point mutations — that are linked to traits and diseases.
In addition to Affymetrix, another California company, Agilent Technologies Inc. of Palo Alto (a sponsor of ScienceNOW), has begun distributing its own human
genome array as an experimental prototype, and since June, NimbleGen Systems Inc. of Madison, Wisconsin, has been using yet another whole -
genome setup to support a DNA -
scanning service at a lab in Iceland.
The $ 1,000
genome — brought to you by CliffsNotes Heads up, Christmas shoppers: Icelandic company deCODE Genetics has launched a new
service that, for a mere $ 985, will take your FedExed cheek swab and
scan the enclosed DNA for a sprinkling of genetic variations linked with 20 or so diseases, as well as ancestry and physical traits such as eye color (in case you don't have a mirror handy).
Laboratory Animal Genetic
Services (LAGS) provides MD Anderson investigators with cost - effective, customized
genome scans using polymorphic genetic markers to support rapid congenic line development and background strain characterization for mice and rats.
deCODE is delivering on the promise of the new genetics.SM Visit us on the web at www.decode.com; on our diagnostics site at www.decodediagnostics.com; for our pioneering personal
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deCODE is delivering on the promise of the new genetics.SM Visit us on the web at www.decode.com; on our diagnostics site at www.decodediagnostics.com; for our pioneering personal
genome analysis
service and new focused disease
scans, integrating the genetic variants included in these tests and those linked to another twenty common diseases, as well as for our new deCODEme Cardio ™ and deCODEme Cancer ™
scans, at www.decodeme.com; and on our blog at www.decodeyou.com.