CPC C12Q 1/6869 (2013.01) [C12Q 1/6827 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6888 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/124 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01)] | 23 Claims |
1. A method for determining the proportion or quantity of DNA contributed by individual animals to a volume of milk collected from at least 100 individual animals, the method comprising the steps of:
a) allele sampling for a plurality of DNA sequence polymorphisms in DNA extracted from a sample of the volume of milk by shallow whole genome sequencing (SWGS), wherein the sequencing depth of the SWGS is 10 or less and wherein the plurality of DNA sequence polymorphisms comprises at least 1×105 DNA sequence polymorphisms;
b) determining the proportion or quantity of DNA contributed by the individual animals to the volume of milk, based on the allele sampling of said DNA sequence polymorphisms from step a), and allelic data for said DNA sequence polymorphisms in the individual animals.
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