Patent ID: 8417459
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: C12Q,G16B,G16C

Abstract:
1. A method for determining an individual's probability of exhibiting one or more phenotypic attributes, comprising: a) evaluating genomic markers from the individual for zygosity at each member of a preselected set of markers; wherein each preselected marker has a degree of linkage with one or more of the one or more phenotypic attributes, wherein zygosity is heterozygosity or homozygosity for each selected marker from the preselected set; b) comparing the zygosity of the preselected markers to a multivariate scoring matrix to obtain a marker score, wherein the multivariate scoring matrix correlates patterns of marker zygosity with probabilities of exhibiting the one or more phenotypic attributes, using suitable computer software for use on a computer; c) determining whether the marker score indicates an enhanced, diminished, or average probability of exhibiting one or more phenotypic attributes.