User:Thomas Krahn

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Thomas Krahn (an artistic interpretation)

• Thomas Krahn
• YSEQ.net
• Houston, TX, USA
• Email me through OpenWetWare

I'm aware of his site for quite a while and I've joined because I'd be happy to share some DNA testing protocols (esp. STR testing and Sanger sequencing related).

Education

• 1999, MS, Dipl.-Ing. Biotechnology, TU-Berlin (Germany)

Research interests

1. Y chromosome SNPs and STRs
2. PCR instruments
3. Capillary electrophoresis

Publications

1. Mendez FL, Krahn T, Schrack B, Krahn AM, Veeramah KR, Woerner AE, Fomine FL, Bradman N, Thomas MG, Karafet TM, and Hammer MF. An African American paternal lineage adds an extremely ancient root to the human Y chromosome phylogenetic tree. Am J Hum Genet. 2013 Mar 7;92(3):454-9. DOI:10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.02.002 |
2. Rocca RA, Magoon G, Reynolds DF, Krahn T, Tilroe VO, Op den Velde Boots PM, and Grierson AJ. Discovery of Western European R1b1a2 Y chromosome variants in 1000 genomes project data: an online community approach. PLoS One. 2012;7(7):e41634. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0041634 |
3. Elhaik E, Greenspan E, Staats S, Krahn T, Tyler-Smith C, Xue Y, Tofanelli S, Francalacci P, Cucca F, Pagani L, Jin L, Li H, Schurr TG, Greenspan B, Spencer Wells R, and Genographic Consortium. The GenoChip: a new tool for genetic anthropology. Genome Biol Evol. 2013;5(5):1021-31. DOI:10.1093/gbe/evt066 |

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