{"id":3936,"date":"2024-09-23T17:27:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T08:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiro-clinic.or.jp\/nippt\/parentage-testing-using-social-media-in-japanese-people\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T12:42:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T03:42:17","slug":"parentage-testing-using-social-media-in-japanese-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiro-clinic.or.jp\/nippt\/parentage-testing-using-social-media-in-japanese-people\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"SNP-based paternity testing in Japanese."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The technique using <strong>single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)<\/strong> in <strong>paternity testing<\/strong> is widely used in Japan and plays a particularly important role in confirming parent-child relationships with high accuracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiro-clinic.or.jp\/nippt\/accuracy\/\">SNP<\/a> can also be used for paternity testing, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiro-clinic.or.jp\/nippt\/accuracy\/\">STR<\/a> is still more common, so HIRO Clinic uses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiro-clinic.or.jp\/nippt\/accuracy\/\">STR<\/a> to carry out paternity testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. <strong>What is SNP?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiro-clinic.or.jp\/nippt\/accuracy\/\">SNP<\/a>) refers to a single base change in DNA.SNPs are very stable and can be passed from parent to child, making them an effective tool in confirming parent-child relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. <strong>The advantages of parent-child identification using SNPs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High accuracy<\/strong>: SNPs can be used to confirm parent-child relationships with the same high accuracy as conventional STRs (short chain repeat sequences).In particular, a database of SNPs is available for the Japanese, which makes reliable appraisals possible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rapid results<\/strong>: compared to conventional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiro-clinic.or.jp\/nippt\/accuracy\/\">STR<\/a>-based testing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiro-clinic.or.jp\/nippt\/accuracy\/\">SNP<\/a>-based appraisal is considered to be faster to analyse.This is therefore advantageous when results need to be obtained quickly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. <strong>Paternity testing using SNPs in Japan<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In Japan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiro-clinic.or.jp\/nippt\/accuracy\/\">SNP<\/a> technology is used by institutions that carry out DNA testing, enabling them to compare an individual&#8217;s genetic information to confirm parent-child relationships.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiro-clinic.or.jp\/nippt\/accuracy\/\">SNP<\/a> data specific to the Japanese population is also used, which is considered highly accurate, especially when appraising the parent-child relationship of Japanese people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. <strong>The process of SNP paternity testing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Specimen collection<\/strong>: DNA is collected from cells in the mouth (by swabbing the inside of the cheek) or blood.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DNA analysis<\/strong>: use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiro-clinic.or.jp\/nippt\/accuracy\/\">SNP<\/a> markers to compare the child&#8217;s DNA with that of the parents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Result reporting<\/strong>: parent-child relationships are usually confirmed with an accuracy of at least 99.9 % where they exist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Paternity testing using SNPs is a very reliable method for Japanese and is widely used to reliably prove parent-child relationships. 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