Archive for April, 2008
Fun with mtDNA: Exploring my Maternal Ancestry
From my mom's mom to my mom to me. That's how mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) likes to travel. You can see how it's helpful in determining maternal ancestry.
My mtDNA determines that I belong to the PreHV maternal haplogroup (It sounds so all-encompassing, right?).
More specifically, I guess I'm part of daughter branches H and V, [...]
How Breast Cancer and Other Four Star-Rated Topics Relate to My DNA, Part 1
When you go into 23andMe's Gene Journal, a place I've been frequenting a lot lately, you can view how diseases like Age-related Macular Degeneration apply to your own DNA.
Each disease, condition etc is given a research confidence rating from 1-4 stars. A topic with four star rating means that they are "widely accepted by [...]
Sharing My DNA Results
Lot's of people have been asking me if I got any interesting or bad news in my genetic profile. There's a handful of data packed into my genetic profile and I haven't yet gotten through all of it.
I think it would be a lot easier to just share my genome results with you guys [...]
The Most Common Cancer (For Men) and Me
There is a lot of information packed into my genetic profile on 23andMe. I haven't managed to fully digest or figure out everything since I got the email on Friday.
The first thing I did was go straight for my Gene Journal and see if I had any major predispositions to stuff like glaucoma, various [...]
I Just Received an Exciting Email!
What makes the email so exciting that it deserves a post?
The subject line says, "Your Genetic Profile is Ready at 23andMe!"
I just received it like ten minutes ago, so I'm going to stay up tonight and check out my results. Be prepared for some really interesting genome posts over the next few days (and [...]
Bummer… I’m One of Those Customers
I'm subscribed to 23andMe's blog appropriately titled The Spittoon. Today, they posted to their blog an explanation why it's taking recent customers (like me) longer than the usual 4-6 weeks to get their results back.
Here's an excerpt from the post written by founders Anne Wojcicki and Linda Avey:
"Some customers who recently ordered our Personal [...]
