Genome-Wide Human SNP Array 6.0

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The SNP Array 6.0 provides:

1. The highest resolution across the genome to detect and define chromosomal aberrations.
   
   The average median SNP + CNV inter-marker distance is 680 base pairs. It also has the highest coverage of known copy number variants (90.5% of 3400 known regions). This gives researchers more power and confidence to detect chromosomal aberrations and makes it easier to define boundaries and breakpoints.
2. Provides allele-specific copy number. This allows customers to perform LOH and allele-specific analyses. The clear advantage of including this information is in the ability to differentiate between mechanisms which cause the underlying biological effect. For example, a copy-neutral event is only detectable with this additional information. A copy neutral event is detected as no change in copy number but LOH is present.
3. A platform that supports a portfolio of products for genomic research—copy number genotype, gene expression and splice variant analysis on a single industry standard microarray platform.