For those who haven't already heard via Twitter or other means, there's a good reason I've been so quiet the past few weeks. My first collaborative genetic experiment with my wife - for which I presented some promising preliminary data back in February - finally generated results on August 28th:
![i-3f65e67f4c58885541bdd47d7a66597f-toby_cropped_small.jpg](http://scienceblogs.com/geneticfuture/wp-content/blogs.dir/274/files/2012/04/i-3f65e67f4c58885541bdd47d7a66597f-toby_cropped_small.jpg)
Figure 1: Tobias MacArthur
We're still getting the hang of interpreting the results, but overall the outcome seems overwhelmingly positive. Further replication will be required to confirm our initial findings, of course.
I also have another major announcement due later today - stay tuned.
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Congratulations again Daniel, he's beautiful. And I love the name! Wishing you all the continued best.
Utterly angelic...
Wow! And I was worried you'd name him "Square".
He's BEAUTIFUL!
What a handsome baby! Congratulations and thank you for sharing the results of the one of the greatest genetic experiments of all.
Congrats
Congrats Daniel!!!
Congratulations on this wonderful news, to you and your co-PI. If I recall your proposal, this is to be a nature-nurture effort... it's sure to be an engaging and rewarding long-term project!
Congrats Daniel! Best looking data I've seen in a long time!
He's so handsome! Congratulations, Daniel!
What a happy picture. Thank you for sharing and congratulations!
Get that kid an RSS feed, stat!
Congratulations Daniel! Both on the move to Wired and especially on the cute little F1.
Awww yay! What a lovely F1 generation. Hope he's got lots of vigor. :)
Congratulations, Daniel! This is one of those times when N=1 is truly significant. ;)
Wonderful news! Congrats!
Picture perfect!! Couldn't have better results. Congratulations to you and your wife Daniel!
Look forward to future postings of Genetic Future and F1's!
Many congratulations! Do you have his spit sample yet?
Cute little nugget! u sure u r the dad? :)
Thanks to everyone for the congratulations.
Kevin and Michael - we're holding off on the genetic testing for a while, but I do have some intriguing phenotypic evidence supporting paternity. Keep an eye out for an upcoming post on this over at Wired. :-)
Congratulation, very preety he is and his name like his.................all the best for your future.