Virtual Reality Chromosome Browser (Borland Genetics)
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The Virtual Reality Chromosome Browser (VRCB) is a forthcoming tool in the Borland Genetics Web Tools and Database suite. This browser generates dynamic 3D chromosome maps for profiles that have one or more attached DNA kits. Each segment wall is assigned to the most distant ancestor from whom that segment was inherited, based on the user's reconstructed ancestors.
| Category: | Chromosome Mapping |
|---|---|
| Access: | Subscription |
| Location: | N/A (to be launched in October 2024) |
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Overview
The Virtual Reality Chromosome Browser allows users to virtually "walk through" their chromosomes like aisles in a supermarket, with each chromosome's walls dynamically generated based on segment matches to reconstructed ancestor DNA kits in the site's database (the visualization is not based on a static map stored in the Phase Map Locker). Each segment is color-coded and assigned to the most distant known ancestor from whom it was inherited. The tool is necessarily a hybrid DNA-tree tool, as the user's tree is used to determine which matches correspond to kits representing the user's ancestors.
Future versions of the tool will also incorporate data from cousin matches, dynamically calculating the appropriate shared ancestor for each segment based on relationships in the users' trees.
Launch Event
The prototype of this tool will officially launch at the East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference in Maryland in October 2024. Attendees of the conference will have the opportunity to experience a live demo at the Borland Genetics exhibit booth. (A short video demonstration of the tool was released in the Borland Genetics Users Group on Facebook in August, 2024).
Context
This tool is in the profile context. That is, the tool automatically uses match data from all DNA kits linked to a subject profile to dynamically generate the map. It does not matter whether the linked kits are mono or stereo, as it does not incorporate static HIR Mapper maps.