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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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Category: genetic ancestry testing
Last week I noted a highly controversial plan by the UK Border Agency to begin using DNA and isotope testing to help determine the geographical origins of refugees, for use in making decisions about whether or not to grant...
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Category: genetic ancestry testing
The UK Border Agency has sparked outrage from scientists and refugee advocates by proposing the use of genetic and isotope tests for the determination of geographical ancestry in making decisions on refugee status.
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Category: direct-to-consumer genetic testing
Genetic genealogist Blaine Bettinger discusses the results of his genetic ancestry analysis by personal genomics company 23andMe.
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Category: direct-to-consumer genetic testing
Welcome to the 42nd edition of Gene Genie, the blog carnival of clinical genetics and personalised medicine - this time with a special focus on personalised genetics.
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Category: personal genomics
The major players in the consumer genomics field have worked hard to distinguish themselves from their competitors, and steer clear of the "clinical diagnostics" label. A newcomer to the field, Counsyl, suggests the field will soon become even more diverse.
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Category: genetic ancestry testing
A new paper provides even more detail on fine-scale population structure within Finland.
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Category: genetic ancestry testing
A few days ago I posted a picture depicting the genetic ancestry of African-Americans modelled as a linear combination of European and Nigerian genetic clusters (reproduced below). Dienekes has some thoughtful comments on the same picture. Meanwhile, Razib comments on...
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Category: genetic ancestry testing
In my previous post on Finnish population clustering I should have emphasised that the map was constructed only from individuals who had both parents from the same geographic/linguistic region; this obviously provides a lot more power to detect a correlation....
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Category: genetic ancestry testing
Here's a figure from a brand new paper on the genetics of metabolic traits in a large Finnish cohort (which I'll be posting about in more detail shortly): On the left is a map of the counties the samples were...
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I was planning to write a long article on this recent paper in PLoS Genetics, but p-ter at Gene Expression and G at Popgen ramblings have both covered the central message very well. So if you haven't read those articles,...
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