Monthly Archives: March 2010

Analysis of 23andMe’s Genotyping: High Accuracy of Illumina Platform Confirmed by Comparing Siblings

An analysis of 23andMe genotype data between siblings to check for genotyping errors reveals high accuracy (99.15%) of genotype calls.

Modeling Evolution in vitro and in silico

Artificial life is no new idea. Computer scientists have investigated and made use of many of the principals around AI for years. However, in silico models of evolution have been shown to produce some form of self-replicating, mutating, artificial life. How far have these models gone, and where will they go next? Is this playing God?

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