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Published online 15 December 2004

Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 32 No. 22 © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved

MARA: a novel approach for highly multiplexed locus-specific SNP genotyping using high-density DNA oligonucleotide arrays

Michael H. Shapero*, Jane Zhang, Ann Loraine, Weiwei Liu, Xiaojun Di, Guoying Liu and Keith W. Jones

Affymetrix, Inc., Genotyping Research, 3380 Central Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 408 731 5171; Fax: +1 408 481 0422; Email: michael_shapero{at}affymetrix.com

Received October 8, 2004; Revised November 10, 2004; Accepted November 24, 2004

We have developed a locus-specific DNA target preparation method for highly multiplexed single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping called MARA (Multiplexed Anchored Runoff Amplification). The approach uses a single primer per SNP in conjunction with restriction enzyme digested, adapter-ligated human genomic DNA. Each primer is composed of common sequence at the 5' end followed by locus-specific sequence at the 3' end. Following a primary reaction in which locus-specific products are generated, a secondary universal amplification is carried out using a generic primer pair corresponding to the oligonucleotide and genomic DNA adapter sequences. Allele discrimination is achieved by hybridization to high-density DNA oligonucleotide arrays. Initial multiplex reactions containing either 250 primers or 750 primers across nine DNA samples demonstrated an average sample call rate of ~95% for 250- and 750-plex MARA. We have also evaluated >1000- and 4000-primer plex MARA to genotype SNPs from human chromosome 21. We have identified a subset of SNPs corresponding to a primer conversion rate of ~75%, which show an average call rate over 95% and concordance >99% across seven DNA samples. Thus, MARA may potentially improve the throughput of SNP genotyping when coupled with allele discrimination on high-density arrays by allowing levels of multiplexing during target generation that far exceed the capacity of traditional multiplex PCR.


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