Patent ID: 8725418

Claim:
A method for determining an association between a SNP and a population susceptible to a disease or a condition, said method comprising the steps of: receiving candidate nucleic acid sequences; generating subsequences of nucleic acids from said candidate nucleic acid sequences; comparing, by one or more processors, each of said subsequences against one or more SNP databases using a sequence comparison algorithm to obtain relevant SNP output files; analyzing said relevant SNP output files for relevant valid SNPs; discarding said relevant valid SNPs located within repeat regions of said candidate nucleic acid sequences to remove intragenic SNPs annotated in the SNP databases that are not relevant for genotyping; annotating said relevant valid SNPs onto the candidate nucleic acid sequences to assess the genetic content and redundancy of the relevant valid SNPs; and outputting said annotated relevant valid SNPs to a display, a memory or another computer on a network, wherein said outputted annotated relevant valid SNPs are SNPs associated with a population susceptible to said disease or condition.