CHIPPING OUT OUR DIFFERENCES

摘要

Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping is a method for determining genetic variation. As more and more SNPs have been identified from the genome in recent years, the power of this technique has steadily increased. Affymetrix, located in Santa Clara, California, is one company that is taking advantage of SNP-discovery projects, such as the International Hap Map effort, to generate SNP arrays for whole-genome association studies.