DNA Gadgets, Tools & Calculators

Here are some useful and interesting tools and other gadgets to aid in your Genealogy and DNA research. If you find any more that you would like to let us know about, we would appreciate it if you would send it in and we will post it here.

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CALCULATORS

Haplogroup Predictor - Prediction of Y-chromosome haplogroup from Y-STR values.
MRCA Calculator - Calculation of Time to Most Recent Common Ancestry (TMRCA).


DNA DATABASES

Ysearch - A Free Public Service from Family Tree DNA.
Ybase - Genealogy by Numbers.
SMGF - The Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation.
YHRD - Y Chromosome Haplotype Reference Database.
mitosearch - a free public service that allows individuals, that have tested their mtDNA with different companies, to make their results available for comparison.


SLIDE SHOWS

University of Utah - Tour of the Basics.
DNA 101 - A tutorial with nice diagrams. Thanks to Janice S. Dorman, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing.
DNA 201 - Lessons 4 through 7.
Replication Animation - from John Kyrk at johnkyrk.com


OTHER DNA GIZMOS

Genealogy by Genetics - Video from Family Tree DNA.
DNA Replication Movie - From Contexo.Info
Allele Statistics - Percentages of alleles observed at Ybase.
YCC NRY Tree 2002 - Tree of 153 haplogroups.