[Hooper] DNA Table Update

[Clay Hooper]

Hello everyone ~

Due to the message below, I've had to update our DNA Tables.  All the 
464 a, b, c, & d Marker numbers for all our Participants are now updated 
on the Table to reflect this change at the FTDNA company and the 
University of Arizona.  This update does NOT effect any relationships on 
our Table, but must be made to keep consistent with future Participants 
results.  The letter below is provided for your information - if you're 
interested in it.  (If you don't see your numbers changed, then be sure 
to "refresh" the page.)

Clay

max at familytreedna.com wrote:

>To Hooper group manager,
>
>In the interest of the standardization of allelic values across
>genealogical testing services, Family Tree DNA adopts the conventional
>nomenclature (allele repeat naming system) described in the scientific
>literature for each of our loci.  Moreover, the testing laboratory at the
>University of Arizona has been actively identifying novel markers and
>publishing the standardized nomenclature systems.
>DYS464 is one of the novel markers that was put into use by Family Tree
>DNA several months before the publication of the nomenclature.  For the
>past year and a half we have been scoring this locus using our initial
>nomenclature.  During the finalization of the nomenclature for publication
>the complete data set showed that the initial system was one repeat too
>long.
>At this time we are not aware of any other genealogical testing services
>offering DYS464, so our use of the initial nomenclature has not been a
>source of confusion.  Family Tree DNA considers DYS464 to be one of the
>most useful markers for
>genealogical reconstruction, and since we have published the necessary
>information for the amplification and scoring of DYS464 in the scientific
>literature (Redd et al. 2002), we anticipate that it may eventually be
>adopted by other genealogical testing services.
>In the interest of continuing our efforts to promote standardization in
>this industry, we will adjust the values for all of the alleles of DYS464
>down by one allele in concordance with the published nomenclature system
>for this locus.  We will be automatically updating the records of all of
>our clients.  Since we have been completely consistent in our treatment of
>DYS464 this change will have no impact in your comparison with other
>clients, because all DYS464 values will be adjusted in the same fashion.
> Example of change:
>
>         	464a	464b	464c	464d
> initial  	16        16	17       18
> revised  	15        15	16       17
>
>Cited Literature:
>
>Alan J. Redd, Al B. Agellon, Veronica A. Kearney, Veronica A. Contreras, T
>atiana Karafet, Hwayong Park, Peter de Knijff, John M. Butler, and Michael
>F. Hammer.  2002.  Forensic value of 14 novel STRs on the human Y
>chromosome.
>(Forensic Science International
>130:97-111)<http://www.ftdna.com/pdf/Redd-FSI-02.pdf>
>
>Thank you!
>
>Max Blankfeld
>Director of Marketing
>http://www.FamilyTreeDNA.com
>"History Unearthed Daily"
>max at familytreedna.com
>713-868-1438
>
>  
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