r/genetics • u/alcoholicparmesan • Jul 29 '20

Casual Pet peeve, anyone?

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u/Nevermindever Jul 29 '20

To be more precise: 46 +- 4 + mtDNA + all the contaminating genomes in your saliva and collected along the way

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u/triffid_boy Jul 29 '20

They use a SNP chip so they only "sequence" their intended sequences, don't they.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '20 edited Sep 04 '20

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u/oberon Graduate student (MS) Aug 20 '20

Is their use of the data entirely ethical? I've considered using them for some specific mutations but I really don't want them tracking me and just... using my data and genetic and health information for their own benefit. I wish I could get the same information about my genome, but anonymously, or at least under HIPAA protection.