Genetic Future
Commentary on human genetics and evolution, direct-to-consumer genetic testing, and the personal genomics industry.
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Daniel MacArthur
I write about the genetic and evolutionary basis of human variation, and the companies trying to sell you information about your genome.
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Recent Posts
- My Gene Profile: the lamest genetic testing scam on the internet?
- DIY ancestry inference from personal genomic data
- Details on the future of the deCODEme service
- deCODE Genetics declare bankruptcy, will sell core business to US investors
- 23andMe raises prices, splits its health and ancestry analyses
- 23andMe gets scooped on hair curl genes
- More on return of research data to participants from Genomics Law Report
- Research subjects should have access to their own data
- First ever association study using whole genome sequences
- What happens when a DTC genomics company goes bust? Follow up post on Genomics Law Report
Recent Comments
- k Rispin on My Gene Profile: the lamest genetic testing scam on the internet?
- Ashley on Allowing children to be born with severe disease is morally equivalent to child abuse, round 2
- Pet on My Gene Profile: the lamest genetic testing scam on the internet?
- Shawn on Chinese summer camp to offer genetic tests for IQ, athletic performance, emotional control
- Ronald Binder on My Gene Profile: the lamest genetic testing scam on the internet?
- Marc on My Gene Profile: the lamest genetic testing scam on the internet?
- K Risipin on My Gene Profile: the lamest genetic testing scam on the internet?
- Geneticist from the East on My Gene Profile: the lamest genetic testing scam on the internet?
- Steven Murphy MD on My Gene Profile: the lamest genetic testing scam on the internet?
- Dan Vorhaus on My Gene Profile: the lamest genetic testing scam on the internet?
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Blogs I read:
Consumer Genomics:
Genomic Science:
- Anthony Fejes
- David Dooling
- Dan Koboldt
- Luke Jostins
- Pathogenomics
- Jan Aerts
- Popgen Ramblings
- Adaptive Complexity
- Genomicron
Genetics/Evolution Blogs:
- John Hawks
- Gene Expression
- Gene Expression SB
- Eye on DNA
- Dienekes
- Yann Klimentidis
- European Genetics
- Discovering Biology in a Digital World
- The Genetic Genealogist
- business|bytes|genes|molecules
- Thomas Mailund
- John Halamka
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- whole-genome sequencing (30)
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