On Genetics

Occasional comments on genetics, genomics and gene expression by Steve Mount. For news and shorter, more timely, posts see "News on Genetics."

Saturday, November 08, 2008

Remembering C.C. Tan

I read this morning ( link ) that Tan Jiazhen, better known in the U.S. as C. C. Tan, passed away Nov. 1, at age 99. I suspect that his inf...

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Do I have the right to know my own genetic makeup?

I took a little time yesterday (July 12) to attend a panel discussion on direct to consumer genetic testing at the Genetic Alliance annual ...

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Plant genomes, animal genomes, more and more genomes!

I recently returned from the Plant and Animal Genome Conference (XVI, Jan. 12-16, in San Diego). This conference is much more applied than...

Sunday, November 25, 2007

This week, it's ancestry

Last weekend there was a lot of buzz about personal genomics (see Genome Technology Daily, " It was a Helluva Weekend for Personal Geno...

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Ready or not, personalized genetics is here.

Yesterday's announcement by deCODE genetics that they would be launching a personalized genetics service, deCODEme ( news release ), me...

Thursday, September 06, 2007

Simons Foundation funds research on sporadic autism mutations

Because I've dealt with the issue of sporadic autism linked to paternal age before ( links ) it seems worthwhile noting here that the Ru...

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