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Tag Archives: personal genomics
NOVA – Cracking your genetic code
I was only able to watch the final 10 minutes of this program on PBS tonight (I recorded it and will watch the full program later). Any thoughts from people on its merit? Is it worth showing my human genetics … Continue reading
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Science News has a story by Robert Service and Elizabeth Pennisi on the latest breakthrough in DNA sequencing technology, nanopore sequencing. The technology is quite amazing: Since then scientists have figured out how to drive DNA through proteins with tiny … Continue reading
Classroom genetics
“clicking the agree button means you are ready and willing to be traumatized” Katie Topp, an undergraduate student at the University of Rhode Island, paraphrasing her teacher, Holly Dunsworth. Holly got funding to get her entire class genotyping services through … Continue reading
Your genome and you
More on personal genomics, as Razib Khan uses himself as an example of personal decision-making based on genomic data: It turns out that one locus determines most of the effect of this trait, and that locus has been genotyped in … Continue reading
Personal Genomics
Razib Khan, author of Gene Expression at Discover Magazine, has a post up analyzing the genetic ancestry of a Malagasy individual who identifies as Betsileo in ethnicity. By itself, the post is not that remarkable. Using publicly available genetic data … Continue reading