Introducing the Borland Genetics Segment Lab
It occurred to me today that I have not yet done a tutorial on how to use the Borland Genetics “Segment Lab” tool. Introduced as part of last October’s anniversary “Fall Features Release,” it’s one of the newest tools on the site, and probably also one of the most under-utilized. Hopefully, this demonstration will show how it’s also one of the most valuable tools on the site. The Segment Lab is Borland Genetics’ native chromosome map/phase map editor. While a far cry from a robust chromosome mapping solution like DNAPainter, it has specialized features that I designed to make our task of ancestor DNA reconstruction easier, and to help maximize the reconstruction coverage of our output ancestor kits. Before we dive into using the tool, I want to point out that the Segment Lab is NOT a tool that creates a phase map from scratch. At Borland Genetics, that’s what the HIR Mapper does, and when it comes to mapping matches from outside the Borland Genetics platform, DNAPainter i