Tag: "ancestry"

How Neanderthal are You?

How Neanderthal are You?

Graduate students at Stanford have created a tool called the Interpretome that lets you plug in your genome so you can figure out how Neanderthal you are.

 
Genetic Tests: When No Means Maybe (Part 2)

Genetic Tests: When No Means Maybe (Part 2)

In my last blog post, I showed how the two most powerful ancestry tests, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y chromosome, were useless to me in my hunt. Now I want look at the rest of my DNA. So here we go!

 
Genetic Tests: When No Means Maybe (Part 1)

Genetic Tests: When No Means Maybe (Part 1)

Genetic tests often don’t give as much information as you might think.

 
Genetic Testing or Recreational Genomics?

Genetic Testing or Recreational Genomics?

Do you have a note from your doctor? So much information, so little understandingOn June 9, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) sent letters to 13 different direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies telling them that they were not in compliance with California laws and needed to stop providing testing. The two main issues appear to [...]