[HapMap announcements] HapMap Release #21 available

[Albert Vernon Smith]

Genotypes, frequencies and assays for phase I and phase II of the  
HapMap project are now available for bulk download at hapmap.org.

The files contain all phase I and II data combined.  This release  
contains all processed data from the HapMap project, and includes all  
data from phases I+II of the project. This release also contains  
genotypes from the Affymetrix 500k genotyping array.

In addition to expressing the genotypes relative to the dbSNP rs  
sequence, this release contains a separate set of files expressing  
genotypes relative to the forward strand of NCBI build 35. The  
genotypes are identical, and are complemented for SNPs where the rs  
sequence maps to the reverse strand of the genome build.

Additionally, phased genotypes for phase II data are availalbe.  The  
phased genotypes are expressed relative to the forward strand of  
build 35, so the displayed alleles will read as a haplotype across a  
single strand along the chromosome.

--
Albert Vernon Smith
HapMap Data Coordination Center