An update to the 23andMe ancestry algorithm, how populations are constructed
The genomics testing company 23andMe has come out with a new algorithm for ancestry assignment from their SNP panel. They describe the new procedure in a blo...
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Looking at layoffs from consumer genomics firms
CNBC has an article by Christina Farr looking at the recent layoffs at consumer genomics firms 23andMe and Ancestry.com: “Consumer DNA testing is a bust: Her...
Postmodernists are genetic determinists?
An article in The Awl by Russell Brandom sighs disappointedly about commercially available personal genome testing (“Everything I Didn’t Learn From Taking A ...
Ancestry perspective from 23andMe
Stanford geneticist Joanna Mountain recounts some of the experience she brings to 23andMe in her role as Senior Director of Research: “Solving mysteries via ...
Over coffee
G: Guess what Daddy and I learned last night? I'm more Neandertal than he is!
A quick look at your Neandertal fraction
The 23andMe blog, the Spittoon, has a description of their new technique to use 23andMe SNPs to estimate any customer’s fraction of Neandertal: “Find your in...
Anodyne DTC genetics
The Wall Street Journal has an op-ed by Matt Ridley, on the topic of possible regulation of consumer genetic testing. He writes that after years of relative ...
I'm a genetic libertarian
Much news coming out of the FDA public meeting on direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetics. Dan Vorhaus was at the proceedings and reports on them (“Looking Ahead A...
DNA relatives
Steve Mount works through the math of “relative finder” predictions from 23andMe (and by extension, other personal genome tests): “Genetic genealogy and the ...
Ancestry unzipped
One of the incredible benefits of the open source approach to genomics is that non-practitioners have a chance to see how interpretations are built. Sometime...
Sergey Brin and genetic research
While I was out of town, Wired ran a long article about Google cofounder Sergey Brin and his quest to find the genetic causes of Parkinson’s disease. There i...
Impacts of gene mix-ups
Daniel MacArthur: “Sample swaps at 23andMe: a cautionary tale”.
23andMe
From Razib: “Creative destruction in the personal genomics industry?”
Common traits and GWA
Worth reading: Daniel MacArthur comments on 23andMe’s reporting of genome-wide associations coming from their customer surveys of traits. The skinny:
Migraine at 23andMe
23andMe continues its strategy to look for genetic associations of traits that escape most funding for genetic reserach. Latest: migraine:
Is your genome worth guarding?
Katrina Voss wrote in New Scientist a couple of weeks ago: “Your genome isn’t that precious – give it away”. After discussing legislative efforts to provide ...
Sending a cheek swab?
A reader wrote me today: