Infinium Multi-Ethnic Global-8

Infinium Multi-Ethnic Global-8 BeadChip (8-sample)

The Infinium Multi-Ethnic Global-8 BeadChip harnesses content from Phase 3 of the 1000 Genomes Project (1kGP), Consortium on Asthma among African-ancestry Populations in the Americas (CAAPA), Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE), T2D-Genes Consortium, OMIM, ClinVar, ACGM, carrier screening panels, and other resources to create a multipurpose, multiethnic array. With >1.7 million expertly selected markers, the Infinium Multi-Ethnic Global-8 BeadChip combines expertly selected content from the most popular Illumina commercial arrays with the most current genomic information. Researchers can detect both common and rare variants across the most commonly studied 5 superpopulations and impute variants in a vast number of subpopulations.

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Product Information*
Total No. of Markers 1,779,819
Capacity for Custom Bead Types 245,000
No. Samples per BeadChip 8
DNA Input Requirement 200 ng
Assay Chemistry Infinium LCG
FFPE Compatible Yes
Spacing (kb) Mean Median 90th%
1.68 0.78 4.22

*Please see the Data Sheet for additional product specifications.

Imputation Accuracy for 5 Populations from 1kGP at Different MAF Thresholds
Population 0.5–1% 1–5% ≥5%
AFR 78.1% 89.5% 95.8%
AMR 82.7% 90.2% 96.9%
EAS 57.4% 82.4% 96.1%
EUR 70.3% 87.9% 97.2%
SAS 61.6% 84.8% 96.4%
LD Mean r2 for 5 Populations from 1kGP at Different MAF Thresholds
Population 0.5–1% 1–5% ≥5%
AFR 0.171 0.412 0.671
AMR 0.449 0.629 0.841
EAS 0.300 0.636 0.873
EUR 0.307 0.616 0.870
SAS 0.302 0.609 0.854
Product and Ordering Information
  • Infinium Multi-Ethnic Global-8 v1.0 Kits: WG-316-1001 (16 samples), WG-316-1002 (48 samples), WG-316-1003 (96 samples), WG-316-1004 (384 samples)
  • Infinium Multi-Ethnic Global-8+ v1.0 Kits (Enabled for additional custom content): WG-316-1011 (16 samples), WG-316-1012 (48 samples), WG-316-1013 (96 samples), WG-316-1014 (384 samples)
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