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In genetic genealogy, a unique-event polymorphism (UEP) is a genetic marker that corresponds to a mutation that is likely to occur so infrequently that it is believed overwhelmingly probable that all the individuals who share the marker, worldwide, will have inherited it from the same common ancestor, and the same single mutation event. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: Unique-event polymorphismA 5-minute orientation
  2. Pick up a classic book: SystemVerilog for VerificationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  3. Read the landmark paper: The Age of a Unique Event PolymorphismCited 22 times
  4. Go sideways: HaplotypeA closely related topic
  5. Go sideways: Genetic markerA closely related topic

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  1. Comparison with short tandem repeats (STRs)

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