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SNP classification of individuals


You are entering our portal on SNP classification, hosting the Snipper App suite. It is the companion site to the papers

Inferring ancestral origin using a single multiplex assay of ancestry-informative marker SNPs. Forensic Science International: Genetics, Volume 1, Issue 3-4, Pages 273-280, 2007. C. Phillips, A. Salas, J. J. Sánchez, M. Fondevila, A. Gómez-Tato, J. Álvarez-Dios, M. Calaza, M. Casares de Cal, D. Ballard, M. V. Lareu, Á. Carracedo and The SNPforID Consortium.

Ancestry Analysis in the 11-M Madrid Bomb Attack Investigation. PLoS One, 4(8): e6583, 2009. C. Phillips, L. Prieto, M. Fondevila, A. Salas, A. Gómez-Tato, J. Álvarez-Dios, A. Alonso, A. Blanco-Verea, M. Brión, M. Montesino, Á. Carracedo, and M. Victoria Lareu.

Default populations are understood to be Chinese, Danish, Galicians, Mozambicans, Somalis and Taiwanese. Green links mean fixed training sets. On the other hand, red links mean custom training sets. Available tasks are:

Classification as Europ.-Afr.-E. Asian (34 SNPs)

Classification choosing among the 6 default populations (32 SNPs)

Classification by continent choosing populations among the 6 default populations (32 SNPs)

Classification as Afr.-Europ.-Asian or Afr.-Europ.-E. Asian-S. Asian (32 or 77 SNPs)

Classification with a custom Excel file of populations

Classification with a custom Excel file of frequencies

Thorough analysis of population data with a custom Excel file

Profile generator for all of the above cases

Plot some or all the populations of a custom Excel file

We also give credit to our students Lorena Rodríguez and Ismael Rodríguez for their respective contributions to the Excel file read routine and the density Java applet.


Last revision: May 2012