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Subject: [DNA-R1B1C7] R1b1c7 in Ireland vs. Scotland
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:51:00 +0000
John,
I gather that theTrinity figures of 16.9% for R1b1c7 in Northwest Ireland and 21.5% for a GD=1were based on their 17 (or was it 19) marker test, while Capelli's figures of 7.3% in western and central Scotland, or 16.7% at GD=1, were based on only six markers? Seems to me that a six-marker test is highly uunreliable.
I thought the claims that R1b1c7 is prevalent in Scotland were based on better statistics. But even the Capelli figures, because of the much wider spread between the two figures for Scotland, seem to confirm a Northwest Irish origin for R1b1c7. Am I reading this correctly?
Paul
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