http://www.genebase.com/update Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:25:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Genebase was temporarily down from 3:15 PM to 11:20PM PST on Wednesday December 24.  The site is now back up. http://www.genebase.com/update/?p=19 November 20, 2008 Y-DNA Haplogroup R Subclade testing has launched.  This test examines a panel of 27 SNP markes which are specific for 27 subclades of Y-DNA Haplogroup R.  Individuals who are confirmed members of Y-DNA Haplogroup R or have a "strong" R prediction based on the results of the Y-DNA STR tests will qualify for this ... http://www.genebase.com/update/?p=16 The DNA browsing feature at Genebase has been updated today.  Check it out by logging in to your account and clicking "My DNA". The new DNA browser will allow you to view all of the tests that you have taken in one place. Please give this update a try!  This update is ... http://www.genebase.com/update/?p=15 The tree merge feature has been updated to allow individuals to merge their accounts into existing family trees.  To merge your account into an existing family tree, go to the tree, find your name/profile in the tree, go to the profile page, and click the "activate profile" link.  This feature is especially useful for ... http://www.genebase.com/update/?p=12 The Y-DNA STR marker table will be updated later today from Version 3.3 to Version 3.4.  Click here to view the STR marker table with the corresponding motifs counted for Version 3.4 at Genebase.  Please note that you will not need to do anything to upgrade to Version 3.4.  All markers in the database ... http://www.genebase.com/update/?p=10 GEDCOM upload feature has been updated: 1.  Prior to August 18, 2008, the GEDCOM upload was not able to distinguish between living and deceased individuals and uploaded all individuals as deceased because status is not a GEDCOM field.  The user had to go back into the tree to manually change deceased ... http://www.genebase.com/update/?p=9 A new Help Center is now available.  Commonly asked questions will constantly be added to the Help Center.  To get to the Help Center, click the "help" link at the top of the page or the "Help Center" link at the bottom of the page.  Users can browse topics in ... http://www.genebase.com/update/?p=8 Two new testing panels are now available:  1.  mtDNA H Subclade SNP Test - This is an upgrade test for individuals who are confirmed members of Haplogroup H wishing to refine their results.  Click here to find out more about this test panel.  2.  Y-DNA STR 44 to 67 marker upgrade - ... http://www.genebase.com/update/?p=7 The Y-DNA STR 20 marker panel has been upgraded to include markers from the Y-44 panel that are most useful for the DNA clans indigenous research database.  This upgrade allows users with only 20 markers to maximize the number of populations that they can search using the indigenous DNA database.  All ... http://www.genebase.com/update/?p=17 The navigation bar on the left side of the Genebase main page has been updated to allow better access to the DNA Ancestry features.  The vertical navigation bar now allows Users to click directly in "Paternal Line" or "Maternal Line".  Also, Users can now access the "Ancestry Tools" section directly ... http://www.genebase.com/update/?p=6