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Heteroplasmy in mtDNA or Testing Issues?   Message List  
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Previously, my Ancestry.com mtDNA testing revealed a heteroplasmic situation at
16090 in the HVR1 region and they typed me as 16090Y and in the haplogroup J.

My younger brother's Ancestry.com mtDNA testing did not reveal the heteroplasmy
and he was typed as 16090T and also in the Haplogroup J.

I just received my Full mtDNA results from FamilytreeDNA.com and they typed me
as 16090C and in the haplogroup J1c.

I understand from previous posts that the FamilyTreeDNA testing is the more
accurate, but I find it quite disturbing to have such a variance in the 16090
call. And yes, we have the same mother.

Any insights, or should my brother have his mtDNA tested with FamilyTreeDNA?

Sally




Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:59 pm

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Previously, my Ancestry.com mtDNA testing revealed a heteroplasmic situation at 16090 in the HVR1 region and they typed me as 16090Y and in the haplogroup J. ...
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Jun 11, 2009
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Sally: As I am sure you know, each cell has many mitochondria and each mitochondron has many copies of the DNA molecule. In a mtDNA test, a heteroplasmy is...
J. J. (Jim) Logan
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Jun 12, 2009
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Heard from FamilytreeDNA regarding calling Heteroplasmy as follows: "Thank you for your email. Heteroplasmies are sometimes difficult to identify as they can...
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Jun 23, 2009
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