We use two technologies, depending on the test:
- Starter and Advanced: genotyping. An Illumina Global Screening Array chip, customised with 10,000 proprietary probes, reads around 750,000 markers in your DNA. Statistical imputation extends the analysis to tens of millions of variants.
- Ultra: whole genome sequencing (30× WGS). Virtually your entire genome is read, around 3 billion base pairs, with each position read an average of about 30 times.
In both cases, our genetics and bioinformatics team interprets the data using our own algorithms and peer-reviewed scientific literature.