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Testing for traces of Neanderthal in your own genome
I’m guessing everyone reading this post is familiar with recent research from Svante Paabo’s group indicating that modern humans interbred with Neanderthals during their long co-existence in Eurasia...
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This will be somewhat of an introspective Friday Links, looking at what other people have had to say about our recent announcement. We’ll resume our regular programming next week. It’s been a big week...
View ArticleAm I partly Jewish? Testing ancestry hypotheses with 23andMe data
I agreed to make my 23andMe genotyping results publicly available as part of GNZ without a moment’s hesitation. This is in part because I knew the results were actually a bit dull (in a good way, I...
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Guest post by Razib Khan: My personal genome
I’ve been following Razib Khan’s scholarly and analytical exploration of his family’s genetic history – using data from 23andMe – over at Gene Expression with increasing fascination. When last week he...
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Analysing your own genome, bloggers respond to the FDA and more reporting on...
Razib Khan, more known for his detailed low-downs of population biology and history, has written an important post on Gene Expression, explaining in careful detail exactly how to run some simple...
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Inbreeding, Genetic Disease and the Royal Wedding
Today is, of course, the day of the Royal Wedding, with new blood entering the British royal line, and the hope of new heirs to our throne. And of course the question on the lips of all British...
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Exaggerations and errors in the promotion of genetic ancestry testing
One thing we have done in Genomes Unzipped is to report on what is on the market for consumers interested in getting information about their genetic data. While we have found generally positive things...
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Response to “Exaggerations and errors in the promotion of genetic ancestry...
Following the Genomes Unzipped post entitled “Exaggerations and errors in the promotion of genetic ancestry testing”, we received a request to reply from Jim Wilson. Jim Wilson is the chief scientist...
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