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Friday Links
Two exciting-looking new science blogging collectives have been announced this week. The Public Library of Science launched a new blogging collective, including personal genomics blogger Misha...
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Friday Links
A lot of the Genomes Unzipped crew seem to be away on holiday at the moment, so today’s Links post may lack the the authorial diversity that you’re accustomed to.I just got around to reading the August...
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Friday Links
Over at Your Genetic Genealogist, CeCe Moore talks about investigating evidence of low-level Ashkenazi Jewish descent in her 23andMe data. What I like about this story is how much digging CeCe did;...
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In the recent report from the US Government Accountability Office on direct-to-consumer genetic tests, much was made of the fact that risk predictions from DTC genetic tests may not be applicable to...
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Digging deeper into my disease risk
When Daniel first asked me if I wanted to be involved in Genomes Unzipped, I was one of the more hesitant participants. I weighed up the pros and cons, but in the end what sold me was that after...
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Estimating heritability using twins
Last week, a post went up on the Bioscience Resource Project blog entited The Great DNA Data Deficit. This is another in a long string of “Death of GWAS” posts that have appeared around the last year....
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Inbreeding, Genetic Disease and the Royal Wedding
Today is, of course, the day of the Royal Wedding, with new blood entering the British royal line, and the hope of new heirs to our throne. And of course the question on the lips of all British...
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