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. 2007 Aug 28;35(17):e113. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkm621

Table 2.

Median estimated efficacy and coverage of the human genome (excluding the Y chromosome) in different populations, provided by different marker sets.

Population Marker set Full genomic sequence ‘Coding’ regions


τ (interquartile range) C0.5 C0.8 τ (interquartile range) C0.5 C0.8
CEU HapMap (total) 0.71 (0.57–0.84) 83% 33% 0.7 (0.55–0.83) 82% 30%
Affymetrix 100K 0.26 (0.11–0.47) 23% 7% 0.23 (0.09–0.44) 20% 5%
Affymetrix 500K 0.52 (0.35–0.69) 53% 13% 0.5 (0.34–0.67) 50% 12%
Illumina 100K 0.37 (0.21–0.58) 33% 9% 0.44 (0.27–0.63) 42% 10%
Illumina 300K 0.55 (0.4–0.71) 59% 14% 0.54 (0.39–0.7) 58% 13%
Illumina 550K 0.6 (0.45–0.75) 68% 18% 0.6 (0.44–0.74) 66% 17%
YRI HapMap (total) 0.74 (0.62–0.85) 91% 36% 0.73 (0.61–0.84) 90% 34%
Affymetrix 100K 0.25 (0.1–0.45) 21% 6% 0.22 (0.08–0.42) 19% 5%
Affymetrix 500K 0.53 (0.38–0.69) 55% 13% 0.51 (0.37–0.68) 53% 12%
Illumina 100K 0.29 (0.15–0.49) 24% 7% 0.37 (0.22–0.56) 32% 7%
Illumina 300K 0.52 (0.37–0.68) 53% 12% 0.51 (0.36–0.67) 52% 11%
Illumina 550K 0.59 (0.45–0.74) 67% 16% 0.58 (0.44–0.73) 65% 15%
JPT + CHB HapMap (total) 0.68 (0.52–0.82) 77% 28% 0.67 (0.51–0.81) 76% 26%
Affymetrix 100K 0.22 (0.08–0.42) 19% 6% 0.19 (0.06–0.39) 17% 5%
Affymetrix 500K 0.48 (0.31–0.66) 47% 12% 0.47 (0.3–0.65) 45% 11%
Illumina 100K 0.27 (0.12–0.47) 23% 7% 0.34 (0.18–0.54) 29% 7%
Illumina 300K 0.5 (0.33–0.67) 50% 12% 0.49 (0.33–0.66) 48% 11%
Illumina 550K 0.56 (0.39–0.72) 60% 15% 0.55 (0.38–0.71) 58% 14%
CEU Hyp. Affymetrix 100K 0.50 (0.32–0.68) 50% 12% 0.47 (0.29–0.65) 46% 10%
Hyp. Affymetrix 500K 0.64 (0.49–0.78) 73% 22% 0.62 (0.47–0.76) 71% 19%
Hyp. Illumina 100K 0.46 (0.25–0.63) 44% 7% 0.44 (0.24–0.62) 42% 7%
Hyp. Illumina 300K 0.62 (0.46–0.76) 70% 19% 0.60 (0.44–0.74) 67% 17%
Hyp. Illumina 550K 0.66 (0.52–0.79) 77% 24% 0.65 (0.50–0.78) 75% 21%
YRI Hyp. Affymetrix 100K 0.55 (0.36–0.71) 57% 14% 0.52 (0.33–0.69) 53% 12%
Hyp. Affymetrix 500K 0.69 (0.57–0.8) 85% 26% 0.68 (0.55–0.79) 82% 23%
Hyp. Illumina 100K 0.51 (0.32–0.69) 52% 13% 0.49 (0.3–0.67) 48% 11%
Hyp. Illumina 300K 0.66 (0.53–0.78) 79% 22% 0.64 (0.5–0.77) 75% 19%
Hyp. Illumina 550K 0.69 (0.57–0.8) 85% 26% 0.68 (0.55–0.79) 83% 23%
JPT+CHB Hyp. Affymetrix 100K 0.42 (0.2–0.63) 40% 10% 0.4 (0.19–0.6) 37% 9%
Hyp. Affymetrix 500K 0.6 (0.42–0.76) 65% 19% 0.59 (0.4–0.74) 63% 17%
Hyp. Illumina 100K 0.4 (0.18–0.61) 37% 10% 0.38 (0.16–0.58) 35% 8%
Hyp. Illumina 300K 0.53 (0.28–0.71) 54% 15% 0.51 (0.27–0.69) 52% 13%
Hyp. Illumina 550K 0.59 (0.4–0.74) 63% 15% 0.58 (0.39–0.73) 62% 14%

All estimates refer to NCBI build 35, excluding annotated gaps, centromers, heterochromatin and telomers. ‘Coding’ regions were defined by the ‘RefSeqs’ provided in the Golden Path (http://genome.ucsc.edu), including introns, exons and 10 kb of flanking sequence.

τ genome-wide median of the relative efficacy; C0.5, (C0.8): percentage of the autosomal genome covered with τ ≥ 0.5 (τ ≥ 0.8); Hyp.: hypothetical.