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...
All posts tagged with genealogy
Link: So easy to match DNA to names
Forensic genealogy is now mainstream. From Bloomberg Businessweek, a report by Kristen Brown: “A Researcher Needed Three Hours to Identify Me From My DNA”.
Family Tree DNA database now available to FBI investigators
Salvador Hernandez reports for Buzzfeed that Family Tree DNA has now opened its database of genetic information from more than a million users to the FBI: “O...
DNA genealogy and forensic cold cases
This year there have been some amazing new leads in “cold cases” by using a new kind of DNA approach, using public genealogy websites to look for people who ...
Link: Finding identity in an historical photograph
Following on my last post about massive genealogy research, the Globe and Mail has an interesting story about how genealogical and census information allowed...
Link: Interview with Yaniv Erlich and massive human genealogy
The Atlantic has a nice interview with Yaniv Erlich, the geneticist who this week revealed the largest scientific analysis of a single human genealogical tre...
When genomic ancestry tests lead to confusion
An article in Gizmodo by Kristen Brown asks an uncomfortable question about today’s proliferating genomic ancestry industry: “How DNA Testing Botched My Fami...
The surprising connectedness of human genealogies over centuries
A new article by Adam Rutherford in Nautilus may be a good one for students in my genetics course this upcoming semester: “You’re Descended from Royalty and ...
"Ancestry is complicated and very messy"
Mark Thomas has a Guardian piece reacting to some recent genetics promotion in the UK: “To claim someone has ‘Viking ancestors’ is no better than astrology”....
Melungeon genetic roots
The AP is running a story about a recent genetic study probing the ancestry of the Melungeons.
Quantum of solace
I just want to point out, on the “six generations of daughters” story…
Genetics and privacy
“Harvard prof Henry Louis Gates Jr. hunting for great-great grandfather”
Link: Effective size through genealogy
Sandwalk: “What William the Conqueror’s Companions Teach Us about Effective Population Size”.
Genomes unzipped, ancestry revealed
Last week I linked to Genomes Unzipped participant Joe Pickrell (“Ancestry unzipped”), who was working through the ancestry calculations that made his genome...
More X-Woman thoughts
I had a great session with my advanced students yesterday running through different evolutionary scenarios for the X-Woman. This and some later posts will fo...
Genealogy and genetics
Larry Moran writes, “Are you a descendant of Charlemagne?”
Habsburg inbreeding
Recommended for the interested – Razib’s post on Habsburg inbreeding:
Sending a cheek swab?
A reader wrote me today:
Genetic differentiation within Europe
Larry Moran tells an interesting personal story about long-distance gene flow among Roman-era elites in Europe (What does Marcus Antonius tell us about evolu...
Genetic GPS in Popular Science
Popular Science has a short article covering recent research into European population structure: