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, February 19, 2011

Genetic Genealogy and the Single Segment

Last year, my wife Janet and I sent our DNA off to 23andMe for analysis. Among the tools that they provide is a "Relative Finder,...

Sunday, August 01, 2010

Defending science blogs

Although I am not on ScienceBlogs , I am a science blogger, so Virginia Heffernan's article on science bloggers in today's New York ...

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Can we not speak of fish?

I would like to defend the use of paraphyletic groups in scientific discourse and literature. Paraphyletic groups can be well-defined in te...

Monday, January 12, 2009

Does the rs7901695 C variant predispose to diabetes by creating a cryptic exon?

The discovery of disease-SNP associations through genome-wide association studies continues at a remarkable pace, but a recent review of co...

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 ...

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