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My genetic future
Posted on: February 16, 2010 5:30 PM, by Daniel MacArthur
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Daniel, a huge congratulations to you and your wife! All the best to both of you!
Posted by: Blaine Bettinger | February 16, 2010 8:38 PM
FIRST!!!
congratulations! N = 1 is still ethical :-)
Posted by: razib | February 16, 2010 8:39 PM
congrats!
Posted by: J Pickrell | February 16, 2010 8:51 PM
How exciting!!Congratulations to you and your wife. :)
Posted by: Hsien | February 16, 2010 9:28 PM
CONGRATS ON GETTING LAID DUDE
Posted by: Tsc | February 16, 2010 10:45 PM
If it's an experiment, where are the controls?? :-)
Mazel tov!
Posted by: Keith Robison | February 17, 2010 12:10 AM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Dan Vorhaus | February 17, 2010 12:29 AM
Congratulations!!!
Posted by: Hanjun | February 17, 2010 4:15 AM
Thanks guys!
Keith - obviously we were hoping for identical twins to provide the necessary control; but I guess we're just going to have to bluff our way past the reviewers...
Posted by: Daniel MacArthur | February 17, 2010 4:44 AM
Congratulations! Have you booked him/her in to be sequenced yet?
Posted by: Bob O'H | February 17, 2010 4:50 AM
Wow, congratulations! Let it be your best genetic experiment ever!
Posted by: Berci Mesko | February 17, 2010 5:05 AM
Good job! Developmental Biology at home is my favorite topic.
Next step will be to learn behavioral psychology and of course do not forget to store some umbilical cord blood stem cells (or better grown some amniocentesis derived IPS ;-).
Posted by: Yakko | February 17, 2010 5:26 AM
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Posted by: Congratulations!!! | February 17, 2010 7:04 AM
congrats indeed.
(slightly surprised Dr. Steve didn't 'first post' this?)
Posted by: cariaso | February 17, 2010 7:26 AM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Andro Hsu | February 17, 2010 8:58 AM
How exciting! Many Congratulations!
Posted by: MolecularFossils | February 17, 2010 9:28 AM
Congratulation, the beginning of a great adventure.
Posted by: David Dooling | February 17, 2010 10:05 AM
Congrats!
Is that the face turned towards the camera, and the left arm?
Posted by: pconroy | February 17, 2010 10:41 AM
May your family grow and be very health Daniel.
All the best! Little spuds are the best!
Now we need to know......boy or girl?
Also, skip the mega-dosing on folate!!!
Only first 3 months in some studies....
-Steve
Posted by: Steven Murphy MD | February 17, 2010 11:03 AM
May your family grow and be very healthy Daniel.
All the best! Little spuds are the best!
Now we need to know......boy or girl?
Also, skip the mega-dosing on folate!!!
Only first 3 months in some studies....
-Steve
Posted by: Steven Murphy MD | February 17, 2010 11:03 AM
Wow...I can see I'm late to the party! Congrats, Daniel!
I promise, you and your wife will soon be eligible for sleep-deprivation studies.
Posted by: Misha | February 17, 2010 1:15 PM
Good job and Congratulations!
Posted by: Edward Winstead | February 17, 2010 1:50 PM
Congratulations. Get as much sleep as you can now!
Posted by: Che | February 18, 2010 1:34 AM
Congrats!
Posted by: Mikhail | February 18, 2010 9:57 AM
Thanks again to everyone for their best wishes.
pconroy - yes, you've interpreted the anatomy correctly. :)
Posted by: Daniel MacArthur | February 18, 2010 10:50 AM
Congratulations - exciting times!
Keith
Posted by: Keith Grimaldi | February 19, 2010 9:04 AM
Hi Daniel,
Congratulations....I am very excited for you. Seems like things are going well over there for you both. Take care and all the best...Emma
Posted by: Emma Kettle | February 19, 2010 7:16 PM
congraturations!!!
Posted by: Kyunghee Park | February 21, 2010 7:25 PM
Wonderful news!
Posted by: Dana Waring | February 24, 2010 9:15 PM