Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Affymetrix® Genome-Wide Human SNP Array 6.0?
What is an Allele?
What are Buccal cells?
What is a Case?
What is a Control?
What does dbSNP stand for?
What is a Gene?
What is a Genome Wide Association (GWA) study?
What is a Genotype?
What does Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium mean?
What is a Heterozygote?
What is a Homozygote?
What does disease Incidence mean?
What is a Locus?
What is a genetic Marker?
What is a Multiplicative Disease Model?
What is a Nucleotide?
What is an Odds Ratio?
What does Penetrance mean?
What is Phenotype?
What is a Polygenic Disease?
What is a Polymorphism?
What does Prevalence mean?
What is a Risk Allele?
What does rs number stand for?
What is a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)?
What does a SNP/Condition Association relate to?
What is a validated SNP?