Comments on: Anthropologist Meredith Small says DNA testing is a scam

By: Mark Jensen

Mark Jensen — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:44:03 +0000

Well DTC genomic testing is really moving along!
I personally think it is wonderful!

I find from 23andme that I am also mtDNA hg H4a. I also have the raw data from FTDNA for HVR1 and HVR2 so maybe I should BLAST it.

By: Girlperson1

Girlperson1 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:19:17 +0000

I tried following your steps with my FASTA data and I couldn’t find anything that indicated haplotype/haplogroup. I’m probably doing something wrong. If I were to post my FASTA data here, would you do me the favor of running the data through BLAST and letting me know what you find? My FASTA data (which includes HVR1 and HVR2) is:

ATTCTAATTTAAACTATTCTCTGTTCTTTCATGGGGAAGCAGATTTGGGTACCACCCAAGTATTGACTCACCCATCAACA
ACCGCTATGTATTTCGTACATTACTGCCAGCCACCATGAATATTGTACGGTACCATAAATACTTGACCACCTGTAGTACA
TAAAAACCCAATCCACATCAAAACCCCCCCCCCATGCTTACAAGCAAGTACAGCAATCAACCTTCAACTATCACACATCA
ACTGCAACTCCAAAGCCACCCCTCACCCACTAGGATATCAACAAACCTACCTACCCTTAACAGTACATAGTACATAAAGC
CATTTACCGTACATAGCACATTACAGTCAAATCCCTTCTCGTCCCCATGGATGACCCCCCTCAGATAGGGGTCCCTTGAC
CACCATCCTCCGTGAAATCAATATCCCGCACAAGAGTGCTACTCTCCTCGCTCCGGGCCCATAACACTTGGGGGTAGCTA
AAGTGAACTGTATCCGACATCTGGTTCCTACTTCAGGGCCATAAAGCCTAAATAGCCCACACGTTCCCCTTAAATAAGAC
ATCACGATGGATCACAGGTCTATCACCCTATTAACCACTCACGGGAGCTCTCCATGCATTTGGTATTTTCGTCTGGGGGG
TGTGCACGCGATAGCATTGCGAGACGCTGGAGCCGGAGCACCCTATGTCGCAGTATCTGTCTTTGATTCCTACCTCATCC
TATTATTTATCGCACCTACGTTCAATATTACAGGCGAACATACCTACTAAAGTGTGTTAATTAATTAATGCTTACAGGAC
ATAGTAATAACAATTGAATGTCTGCACAGCCGCTTTCCACACAGACATCATAACAAAAAATTTCCACCAAACCCCCCCTC
CCCCCGCTTCTGGCCACAGCACTTAAACACATCTCTGCCAAACCCCAAAAACAAAGAACCCTAACACCAGCCTAACCAGA
TTTCAAATTTTATCTTTTGGCGGTATGCACTTTTAACAGTCACCCCCCAACTAACACATTATTTTCCCCTCCCACTCCCA
TACTACTAATCTCATCAATACAACCCCCGCCCATCCTACCCAGCACACACACACCGCTGCTAACCCCATACCCCGAACCA
ACCAAACCCCAAAGACACCCCCCA

By: Melanie Pierson

Melanie Pierson — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:50:42 +0000

I work with human mtDNA and have been concerned that people are a bit misled about the extent of the information about personal ancestry the molecule provides. Just did a bit of checking up… Meredith Small’s article discusses this commentary piece from Science, October last year.

“GENETICS: The Science and Business of Genetic Ancestry Testing”
Deborah A. Bolnick, Duana Fullwiley, Troy Duster, Richard S. Cooper, Joan H. Fujimura, Jonathan Kahn, Jay S. Kaufman, Jonathan Marks, Ann Morning, Alondra Nelson, Pilar Ossorio, Jenny Reardon, Susan M. Reverby, and Kimberly TallBear (19 October 2007)
Science 318 (5849), 399. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1150098]

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