Patent ID: 7805282

Claim:
A software arrangement, which is provided on a non-transitory computer-accessible medium, for obtaining information associated with a haplotype of an individual based on one or more genetic samples from genotype data, wherein, when the software arrangement is being executed by a processing arrangement, the software arrangement causes the processing arrangement to perform the steps comprising: receiving the genotype data, identifying polymorphic genetic markers from the genotype data, determining at least one association of the polymorphic genetic markers across genetic loci to obtain the information for the individual's haplotype, and at least one of displaying or storing the information in a storage arrangement in at least one a user-accessible format or a user-readable format, wherein the association of the polymorphic genetic markers across the genetic loci is determined by applying a formulation of a maximum likelihood function, wherein the maximum likelihood function is given by: L ⁡ ( Θ ) = P ⁡ ( D ❘ Θ ) = Γ ⁡ ( N ) ∏ ρ ∈ ℳ ⁢ Γ ⁡ ( N ⁢ ⁢ α ρ ) ⁢ ∏ ρ ∈ ℳ ⁢ Θ ρ α ρ ⁢ ⁢ N , and wherein the applying the formulation of the maximum likelihood function comprises finding ρε A so that L (ρ)≧ L (ω) ∀ωε A.