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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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Category: cshl
The second-last day of the Cold Spring Harbor Biology of Genomes meeting had vast amounts of genome sequence data, and some insight into ways of using it to make sense of human variation and disease.
Posted by Daniel MacArthur at 6:31 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: 1000 genomes project
The 1000 Genomes Project will provide an incredible resource for the genetics community - but how many research projects are being put on hold while the data is being generated?
Posted by Daniel MacArthur at 8:45 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: big genetics
Big Science has now become a regular feature of the human genetics landscape, and it's here to stay - but that doesn't mean the extinction of small-scale research.
Posted by Daniel MacArthur at 9:00 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: 1000 genomes project
Last week I posted on the publication of three papers in Nature describing whole-genome sequencing using next-generation technology: one African genome, one Asian genome, and two genomes from a female cancer patient (one from her cancer cells and one from...
Posted by Daniel MacArthur at 2:18 PM • •
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