http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/08/08/to-boost-database-diversity-23andme-offers-free-genome-tests-to-10000-african-americans/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Wed, 23 May 2012 19:57:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/08/08/to-boost-database-diversity-23andme-offers-free-genome-tests-to-10000-african-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-1366426 Veronique Greenwood Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:12:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=30944#comment-1366426 @ Suzanne, that's OK--they just want to see people who identify as Af-Am. Nearly all of those people are mixes of African and lots of other stuff. @ Suzanne, that’s OK–they just want to see people who identify as Af-Am. Nearly all of those people are mixes of African and lots of other stuff.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/08/08/to-boost-database-diversity-23andme-offers-free-genome-tests-to-10000-african-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-1360131 Suzanne Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:43:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=30944#comment-1360131 So what happens with all the people who come from a combination of different groups? So what happens with all the people who come from a combination of different groups?

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/08/08/to-boost-database-diversity-23andme-offers-free-genome-tests-to-10000-african-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-1360043 Marsha Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:25:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=30944#comment-1360043 The test kit comes through the mail. They don't get to see who is taking the test. The test kit comes through the mail. They don’t get to see who is taking the test.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/08/08/to-boost-database-diversity-23andme-offers-free-genome-tests-to-10000-african-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-1357848 Etienne Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:28:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=30944#comment-1357848 "may have to contend with people who aren’t African American sneakily submitting their DNA to get tested for free" They can probably tell when they sit you down for a swab. “may have to contend with people who aren’t African American sneakily submitting their DNA to get tested for free”
They can probably tell when they sit you down for a swab.

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