Detection of gene duplications
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1. A method of identifying a candidate genetic anomaly in one or more individuals of a population, the method comprising:
- determining, in a fluorogenic assay for alleles of a genetic locus comprised by genomes of a plurality of individuals of the population, a range of fluorescence intensities of a first fluorophore indicative of a genome homozygous for a first allele, a range of fluorescence intensities of a second fluorophore indicative of a genome homozygous for a second allele, and a range of fluorescence intensities of the first and second fluorophores indicative of a genome heterozygous for the first and second alleles; and
determining if the fluorescence intensities of the first and the second fluorophores of the fluorogenic assay for the alleles of the genetic locus of a genome of one or more individuals of the population are outside the ranges of fluorescence intensities indicative of a genome that is homozygous for the first allele, homozygous for the second SNP allele, or heterozygous for the first and second alleles.
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Abstract
Methods of detecting a candidate genetic anomaly such as a candidate duplication in a genome are disclosed. The methods comprise quantifying fluorogenic assays for alleles of a genetic locus from a plurality of individual genomes, identifying ranges of fluorescent intensities indicative of individual genomes homozygous for a first allele, homozygous for a second allele, or heterozygous for both alleles, and identifying individual genomes in which the fluorescence intensities are outside the range of intensities indicative of homozygosity or heterozygosity for the genetic locus.
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1. A method of identifying a candidate genetic anomaly in one or more individuals of a population, the method comprising:
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determining, in a fluorogenic assay for alleles of a genetic locus comprised by genomes of a plurality of individuals of the population, a range of fluorescence intensities of a first fluorophore indicative of a genome homozygous for a first allele, a range of fluorescence intensities of a second fluorophore indicative of a genome homozygous for a second allele, and a range of fluorescence intensities of the first and second fluorophores indicative of a genome heterozygous for the first and second alleles; and
determining if the fluorescence intensities of the first and the second fluorophores of the fluorogenic assay for the alleles of the genetic locus of a genome of one or more individuals of the population are outside the ranges of fluorescence intensities indicative of a genome that is homozygous for the first allele, homozygous for the second SNP allele, or heterozygous for the first and second alleles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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- 25. A system for identifying a candidate genetic anomaly in a population, the system comprising a graphical interface which exhibits a plurality of data points, wherein each data point occupies a position representing fluorescence intensities of a first fluorophore and a second fluorophore from an individual genomic sample subjected to a fluorogenic assay for alleles of a genetic locus, wherein fluorescence intensity of a first fluorophore is indicative of the presence of a first allele and fluorescence intensity of a second fluorophore is indicative of the presence of a second allele, and wherein a cluster of data points is indicative of a genome homozygous for the first allele, a genome homozygous for the second allele, or a genome heterozygous for the first and second alleles, and wherein a data point outside any cluster represents an individual genome comprising a candidate genetic anomaly.
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43. A method of identifying a candidate genetic anomaly in a genome of a test individual, the method comprising:
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exhibiting in a graphical interface a plurality of data points, wherein each data point occupies a position representing fluorescence intensities of a first fluorophore and a second fluorophore from a genomic sample of a reference population subjected to a fluorogenic assay for alleles of a genetic locus, wherein fluorescence of a first fluorophore is indicative of the presence of a first allele and fluorescence of a second fluorophore is indicative of the presence of a second allele, and wherein a cluster of data points is indicative of a genome homozygous for the first allele, a genome homozygous for the second allele, or a genome heterozygous for the first and second alleles;
exhibiting in the graphical interface a data point occupying a position representing fluorescence intensities of the first fluorophore and the second fluorophore from the fluorogenic assay for alleles of the genetic locus in the test individual;
generating a likelihood model that predicts the probability that an individual data point will reside within a particular cluster of data points; and
determining if a data point from the test individual falls outside any cluster. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A method of determining a copy number of a target sequence in a sample genome, the method comprising:
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1) forming a reaction mixture comprising;
a) a sample comprising the sample genome;
b) a target sequence primer pair;
c) a target sequence detection probe comprising a first fluorophore;
d) an endogenous reference sequence primer pair;
e) an endogenous reference sequence detection probe comprising a second fluorophore;
f) a DNA polymerase;
2) amplifying the target sequence and the reference sequence in the sample and in a calibrator;
3) determining threshold cycle values for the target and the reference; and
4) determining the amount of target sequence, normalized to the reference sequence and relative to the calibrator. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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