Patent Document ID: 8401802
Application ID: 12597479
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A haplotype estimating apparatus that estimates a haplotype from genotype data including a copy number polymorphism and a nucleotide polymorphism of each individual in a group, the haplotype estimating apparatus comprising: a processor; and a storage unit, wherein the storage unit includes a count number table that stores count numbers obtained by counting polymorphic nucleotides associated with marker sites specified by a label on a copy unit of the copy number polymorphism using the genotype data for each individual, for each type of the polymorphic nucleotides, and wherein the processor is programmed to: calculate, by a maximum value-calculating unit, a sum of the count numbers for each of the marker sites based on the count numbers of the individual stored in the count number table to obtain a maximum value of the sum of the count numbers; enumerate, by a polymorphic identification character-enumerating unit, polymorphic identification characters associated with the type of the polymorphic nucleotides up to the number as many as the count numbers of the polymorphic nucleotides; permutate, by a character string-creating unit, the enumerated polymorphic identification characters so as to create any character string that has copy units of which the number equals the maximum value; divide, by a haplotype character string-storing unit, the character string created by the character string-creating unit into two by the copy unit to store the divided strings as a combination of the haplotype character strings; and calculate, by a haplotype-estimating unit, the number of identical haplotype character strings in the group, obtain a frequency of the haplotype character string in the group, and estimate the combination of the haplotype character strings of each individual of which frequency satisfying a predetermined condition as the combination of the haplotypes.