Glossary

 
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A

Allele

Anthropology

Atlantic Modal Haplotype

Autosomal DNA

B

Backbone SNP Test

Base

Base Pair (bp)

Branch

C

Carrier

Chromosome

Clade

Coding Region

CODIS (Combined DNA Index System)

Cohen Modal Haplotype

Confirmed Haplogroup

Control Region

CPI (Combined Paternity Index)

CRS (Cambridge Reference Sequence)

Cytoplasm

D

D-Loop

Deep Ancestry

Deletion

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

DNA Fingerprint

DYS, DYF, DYZ

G

Gene

Genetic Distance

Genetic Event

Genetic Genealogy

Grandparentage Index

H

Haplogroup

Haplotype

Heteroplasmy

Human Genome Project

HVR-1 Region

HVR-2 Region

Hypervariable Region (HVR-1, HVR-2)

I

Indigenous DNA

Indigenous DNA Database

Insertion

K

Kinship Index

L

Locus (plural Loci)

M

Marker

Match Probability

Matching Markers

Maternal Lineage

Meiosis

Microsatellite Repeats

Minimal Haplotype

Mitochondria

Mitosis

Modal Haplotype

Motif

MRCA (Most Recent Common Ancestor)

mtDNA

mtDNA Tests

Mutation

N

Negative SNP Marker

NIST (National Institute of Standards and Testing)

Nomenclature

Nucleotide

Nucleus

O

Organelle

Overlapping Markers

P

Paternal Lineage

Paternity Index (PI)

Phylogenetic Tree

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Polymorphism

Population Genetics

Positive SNP marker

Power of Exclusion (PE)

Predicted Haplogroup

Prior Probability

Probability of Paternity

S

Sequencing

Sibling Index

SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism)

SNP Test Panel

Somatic

STR (Short Tandem Repeat)

Sub-branch

Subclade

Subclade SNP Test Panel

Substitution

T

TMRCA (Time to Most Recent Common Ancestor)

X

X Chromosome

Y

Y Chromosome

Y-DNA Test