Tag Archives: Personal Genetics

Genetic Identity Theft: Will You Need to Protect Your Genome?

January 18th, 2010 | Posted in Bioethics, Genetic Engineering

DNA sequencing, cellular reprogramming, developmental biology and stem cells will one day allow for genetic identity theft to be an actionable offense. This form of identity theft, with the potential to produce some twisted results, may not even be preventable.

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Identity by State SNP Analysis: Find Relatives, Test Paternity, and Determine Allele Sharing

October 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Analyze Your Own SNPs, Bioinformatics, Consumer Genetics

Identity by State SNP Analysis can be used to find relatives, test paternity, examine inbreeding, and look at recombinations between siblings.

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Use Family SNP Data to Phase Your Own Genome

September 30th, 2009 | Posted in Analyze Your Own SNPs, Bioinformatics, Consumer Genetics

With family trio SNP data (father, mother, child), it is possible to determine the haplotypes for the child. A step-by-step guide along with a program to execute this task is presented.

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My Personal Genetics: 23andMe and Me

December 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Analyze Your Own SNPs

So it’s official, I’m waiting for the Spit Kit to arrive. After some consideration, a group of us decided that 23andMe would be the best service to use to get our genes read (I’m careful not to use the words sequenced so as not to mislead people). I did it in a group of six [...]

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