Direct determination of molecular haplotypes by chromosome microdissection

Abstract
Comparing the haplotypes of a few randomly microdissected chromosomes to a full genome-wide haplotype allows one to determine the long-range haplotype of chromosomes for which only one copy was captured. Direct observation of haplotypes is still technically challenging. Here we report a method for the determination of haplotypes through chromosome microdissection. We determined human long-range chromosomal haplotypes with more than 98.85% accuracy at 24,245 genome-wide heterozygous single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci.