DETERMINING FETAL GENOMES FOR MULTIPLE FETUS PREGNANCIES.

摘要

Techniques are provided for determining inheritance of maternal and paternal haplotypes in pregnancies with multiple fetuses. Maternal inheritance can be determined at loci where the mother is heterozygous and the paternally inherited alleles are known (e.g., the father is homozygous). Two types of loci may be used, where one type has the paternal allele appear on a first maternal halo type, and another type has the paternal allele appear on a second maternal haplotype. Paternal inheritance can be determined from loci where the father is heterozygous and the mother is homozygous. Amounts of different alleles at each locus can be measured. A comparison of the amounts (e.g., using a fractional concentration of each allele and cutoffs) can be used to determine the haplotype inheritance. A haplotype can be linked to a condition of interest.