Comments on: Population structure using haplotype data http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/01/population-structure-using-haplotype-data/ Human evolution, genetics, genomics and their interstices Sat, 26 May 2012 03:28:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Antonio http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/01/population-structure-using-haplotype-data/comment-page-1/#comment-122453 Antonio Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:30:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=15658#comment-122453 Well, I belong to another group of readers: the math/stats/programming stuff is typically straightforward to me, but I can easily get lost in the biology. Well, I belong to another group of readers: the math/stats/programming stuff is typically straightforward to me, but I can easily get lost in the biology.

]]> By: Razib Khan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/01/population-structure-using-haplotype-data/comment-page-1/#comment-122285 Razib Khan Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:46:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=15658#comment-122285 #3, well, most people don't need to know anything about factor analysis to understand what the chart means anyhow. part of the clarity is probably good labeling of the clusters.... #3, well, most people don’t need to know anything about factor analysis to understand what the chart means anyhow. part of the clarity is probably good labeling of the clusters….

]]> By: jb http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/01/population-structure-using-haplotype-data/comment-page-1/#comment-122280 jb Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:20:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=15658#comment-122280 I wouldn't feel all that confident interpreting a PCA chart unassisted. (It has something to do with igon vectors, right? I used to know all about igon vectors! :-) ) But when you show me a chart (PCA or otherwise) and talk about what it means and and draw a conclusion from it, then your words help me understand the chart, and the chart -- even if I don't <i>fully</i> understand it -- helps me understand what you are saying. Win-win (or something)! I wouldn’t feel all that confident interpreting a PCA chart unassisted. (It has something to do with igon vectors, right? I used to know all about igon vectors! :-) ) But when you show me a chart (PCA or otherwise) and talk about what it means and and draw a conclusion from it, then your words help me understand the chart, and the chart — even if I don’t fully understand it — helps me understand what you are saying. Win-win (or something)!

]]> By: Grandma Shirley http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/01/population-structure-using-haplotype-data/comment-page-1/#comment-122109 Grandma Shirley Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:52:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=15658#comment-122109 Thank you for this explanation. I understood a lot more and I'm looking forward to learning more Thank you for this explanation. I understood a lot more and I’m looking forward to learning more

]]> By: Grey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/01/population-structure-using-haplotype-data/comment-page-1/#comment-121982 Grey Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:48:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=15658#comment-121982 "so I am a little hesitant to point to this new paper" I only get 10% from stuff like this but it's an interesting 10%. “so I am a little hesitant to point to this new paper”

I only get 10% from stuff like this but it’s an interesting 10%.

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