Customize Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

admin
Pinned March 13, 2018

<> Embed

@  Email

Report

Uploaded by user
23andMe now paints a far clearer picture of your DNA ancestry
<> Embed @  Email Report

23andMe now paints a far clearer picture of your DNA ancestry

Jon Fingas, @jonfingas

February 28, 2018 in Medicine
23andMe now paints a far clearer picture of your DNA ancestry | DeviceDaily.com
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Dick Clark Productions

To date, 23andMe’s Ancestry Composition report could trace your genetic roots back to 31 populations. That’s decent, but not exactly the most accurate representation of your lineage. It could soon be more accurate, however. The company is updating its methods to trace ancestry back to 120 more populations, for a total of 151. If you have uncommon origins, you might have a better chance of discovering them.

It manages the feat by checking for exact DNA matches between you and over 130,000 people with known ancestry in those 120 new regions. If you match at least five people from a region, that’s deemed to be one of your recent ancestor locations.The company will also tell you the strength of a match based on the amount of DNA you share with people from a given area.

This will help right away if you’re taking the 23andMe test for the first time, although it’ll roll out to existing customers over the “coming months.” There are also some tweaks to accompany the more comprehensive data. The company has relabeled some regions for better accuracy (“Yakut” is now “Siberian,” for instance), and has improved the map to help you zoom into a given region. You might not get any mind-blowing revelations about your genes — this can only be so precise — but it won’t hurt to come back and see if there are any new insights.

Source: 23andMe Blog
In this article: 23andme, ancestry, dna, gear, genetics, medicine

To date, 23andMe’s Ancestry Composition report could trace your genetic roots back to 31 populations. That’s decent, but not exactly the most accurate representation of your lineage. It could soon be more accurate, however. The company is updating… Engadget RSS Feed

(16)

Pinned onto