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Jun232009

23 & Me & Mr. Chimp

by AuthorAlphachimp DateTuesday, June 23, 2009 at 3:13PM

Like my daughters, like my mom--even like you!--I share a vast amount of DNA with the chimps, apes, and bananas. The consumer genetics testing company 23 & Me has a great Flash animation introduction to genetics.

After reviewing, you can decided whether to pay $399, spit into a vial, ship it to 23 and Me, and enter the genomic mainstream.

Jeff Riedel for The New York Times

Inthe NYTimes articleMy Genome, My Self, writer and experimental psychologist, Steven Pinker, described his foray into unraveling his deoxyribonucleic acid and baring his personal biological blueprint as part of the Personal Genome Project.

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    Source: My Genome, My Self
    by STEVEN PINKER at The New York Times on January 8, 2009
    The Personal Genome Project is an initiative in basic research, not personal discovery. Yet the technological advance making it possible — the plunging cost of genome sequencing — will soon give people an unprecedented opportunity to contemplate their own biological and even psychological makeups. We have entered the era of consumer genetics.
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    Source: What are Genes?
    at 23 & Me
    Each person has the same set of genes - about 20,000 in all. The differences between people come from slight variations in these genes. For example, a person with red hair doesn't have the "red hair gene" while a person with brown hair has the "brown hair gene." Instead, all people have genes for hair color, and different versions of these genes dictate whether someone will be a redhead or a brunette.