DNAprint Genomics (DNAG)

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mingwan0...Fascinating indeed. There is a great deal of discussion in this patent concerning the advantages of SNP based identity testing versus STR testing and discussion of skin color and ancestry classifiers. There is so much more than simply iris color (as if that's not enough..lol).

Your point concerning evolutionary history is a good one. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that the "phenomena" reference in the AIM patent is related to a discovery concerning genetic evolution of the human (or even extending generally to mammalian) species. (JMO) Thus, the work with Gavin Menzes.

The other thing that struck me were the sections that relate their statistical results back to functional biology. These classifiers not only identify markers useful for feature inference, but they inform concerning interaction of specific genes in ways that will allow research biologists to advance their understanding of process.

Finally, the ability to draw conclusions concerning markers for epistatic variance is fascinating to me. In essence, they not only identify markers to infer what IS there, they find markers that infer what ISN'T!

Have a great evening..

Later,
W2P