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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.
Daniel also blogs about personal genomics at Genomes Unzipped.
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Recent Posts
- Genetic Future is moving
- One more step towards the end of recessive diseases
- New FireFox plugin for 23andMe customers
- Why you CAN have your $1000 genome - so long as you learn what to do with it
- Bioscience Resource Project critique of modern genomics: a missed opportunity
- Genomes Unzipped reader survey
- News from 23andMe: a bigger chip, a new subscription model and another discount drive
- Why I'm releasing my genetic data online
- Oddities of the odds ratio
- Genetic Future is moving to Wired
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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:
- Razib Khan
- John Hawks
- Gene Expression
- 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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