Patent ID: 7816123

Claim:
A method, comprising: selecting a set of genetic diseases associated with a set of corresponding chromosomal loci, each genetic disease in the set of genetic diseases associated with a genetic alteration of a corresponding chromosomal locus; selecting nucleic acid molecules to represent each chromosomal locus; arranging segments of the nucleic acid molecules on a microarray to represent the chromosomal loci associated with the set of genetic diseases; and isolating the segments associated with the same chromosomal locus in non-adjacent target areas of the microarray; and wherein the set of corresponding chromosomal loci comprises: 1p36.3, 1p12, 1q21, 1q44, 2p25.3, 2p11.2, 2q11.2, 2q37.3, 3p26.3, 3p11.2, 3q11.2, 3q29, 4p16.3, 4p12, 4q12, 4q35.2, 5p15.3, 5p12, 5q11.2, 5q35.3, 6p25.3, 6p11.2, 6q12, 6q27, 7p22.3, 7p11.2, 7q11.21, 7q36.3, 8p23.3, 8p11.2, 8q11.2, 8q24.3, 9p24.3, 9p11.2, 9q13, 9q34.3, 10p15.3, 10p11.21, 10q11.21, 10q26.3, 11p15.5, 11p11.2, 11q12, 11q25, 12p13.33, 12p11.21, 12q12, 12q24.33, 13q12.11, 13q34, 14q11.2, 14q32.33, 15q11.2, 15q26.3, 16p13.3, 16p11.2, 16q21.1, 16q24.3, 17p13.3, 17p11.2, 17q11.2, 17q, 18p11.32, 18p11.21, 18q11.2, 18q23, 19p13.3, 19p12, 19q12, 19q13.43, 20p13, 20p11.21, 20q11.21, 20q13.33, 21q11.2, 21q22.3, 22q11.2, 22q13.3, Xp22.3, Xp11.22, Xq11.2, Xq28, Yp22.3, YP11.3, Yp11.2, and YQ11.2.