Comments on: Ashkenazi 23andMe v3 genotype for the taking http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/05/ashkenazi-23andme-v3-genotype-for-the-taking/ Wed, 22 May 2013 21:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: An Assyrian genotype for the taking (and more) | Gene Expression | Free Methods to Remove Viruses, Spamware and Malware http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/05/ashkenazi-23andme-v3-genotype-for-the-taking/#comment-33049 An Assyrian genotype for the taking (and more) | Gene Expression | Free Methods to Remove Viruses, Spamware and Malware Tue, 17 May 2011 17:40:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=11653#comment-33049 [...] my crony offering to concede me to chuck his 1,000,000 pen genotype out in to the open domain final week you did assimilate which this would be of extrinsic application in as well as of itself. After all [...] [...] my crony offering to concede me to chuck his 1,000,000 pen genotype out in to the open domain final week you did assimilate which this would be of extrinsic application in as well as of itself. After all [...]

]]> By: An Assyrian genotype for the taking (and more) | Gene Expression | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/05/ashkenazi-23andme-v3-genotype-for-the-taking/#comment-33048 An Assyrian genotype for the taking (and more) | Gene Expression | Discover Magazine Mon, 16 May 2011 06:45:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=11653#comment-33048 [...] my friend offered to allow me to throw his 1,000,000 marker genotype out into the public domain last week I did understand that this would be of marginal utility in and of itself. After all there are many [...] [...] my friend offered to allow me to throw his 1,000,000 marker genotype out into the public domain last week I did understand that this would be of marginal utility in and of itself. After all there are many [...]

]]> By: ben lipkowitz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/05/ashkenazi-23andme-v3-genotype-for-the-taking/#comment-33047 ben lipkowitz Thu, 12 May 2011 23:13:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=11653#comment-33047 while this is a nice gesture, unfortunately the genetic information by itself doesn't help us to build any correlations between genotype and phenotype. in order to do anything useful with it, we really need more information about the people posting their genotype information, and in a standardized format. for example, information that would be useful would include (family) medical history, profession/interests, weight and other biometrics, lifestyle and eating habits. these answers would preferably be automatically formatted in response to some web survey that can be improved upon but remain backwards-compatible to old versions of the survey. who's up for writing such a survey? if only i had a clone... while this is a nice gesture, unfortunately the genetic information by itself doesn’t help us to build any correlations between genotype and phenotype. in order to do anything useful with it, we really need more information about the people posting their genotype information, and in a standardized format. for example, information that would be useful would include (family) medical history, profession/interests, weight and other biometrics, lifestyle and eating habits. these answers would preferably be automatically formatted in response to some web survey that can be improved upon but remain backwards-compatible to old versions of the survey.

who’s up for writing such a survey? if only i had a clone…

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