Since everyone else in the genealogical world has already submitted a version of their Wordle, I thought I’d join in on the fun.
Here’s mine:
And another:
The next interview in the TGG Interview Series with members of the Genetic Genealogy field is with Katherine Hope Borges. Katherine is the Director of the ISOGG, the International Society of Genetic Genealogists. In June of last year, I highlighted a video interview with Katherine done by Roots Television.
In addition to the her […]
Last week the genetic genealogy community lost one of its treasured members, Leo W. Little.
Leo’s passing was announced on the GENEALOGY-DNA mailing list on Sunday evening. Since then, many members of that mailing list, the ISOGG Yahoo Group, and the DNA- ANTHROGENEALOGY Yahoo Group have expressed their sympathy to Leo’s family and expressed […]
The Genetic Genealogist has been accepted to 9rules in the latest round of submissions! I’m honored to be accepted since 9rules is a collection of some of the best blogs around, and I hope that I can live up to the challenge. 9rules has a ‘technology’ community, but not a ’science’ […]
To the readers coming from yesterday’s article by George C. Morgan in The Ancestry Weekly Journal, welcome to The Genetic Genealogist! The eBook that George mentioned - I Have the Results of My Genetic Genealogy Test, Now What? - is available by simply clicking “Download Now” in the right sidebar.
If you are […]
An Updated Y-DNA Tree at ISOGG
The International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) announced today that their Tree Team has completed the 2008 version of the Y-DNA Haplogroup Tree. This revision was a major undertaking, because, as ISOGG states in the version history, “[t]he Karafet et al paper (2008) required a significant revision to […]
Here is the abstract of today’s Y-chromosome haplogroup tree paper in Genome Research, I’m still working to get a copy of the actual paper (unfortunately, it’s not open access at this time):
Markers on the non-recombining portion of the human Y chromosome continue to have applications in many fields including evolutionary biology, forensics, medical genetics, […]
[This is a repost of an article that appeared on May 29, 2007. Since I’m knee-deep in final projects and exams, I thought I’d pull out a popular article from the archives. I hope you enjoy it (again)]:
In Part I, Part II, and Part III of the “You and the $1000 Genome” series we’ve examined […]
[This is a repost of an article that appeared on May 22, 2007. Since I’m knee-deep in final projects and exams, I thought I’d pull out a popular article from the archives. I hope you enjoy it (again)]:
Over the next week and a half I will be examining the Archon X PRIZE […]
I’m sorry if I’ve overloaded you on the recent launches of 23andMe and deCODEme, but I think there’s so much to talk about. For a little lightheartedness, read “23andMe Party” from How to Change the World by Guy Kawasaki. Kawasaki describes a friends and family “Spit Party” hosted by 23andMe, and even […]
Would you like your genome sequenced in a matter of hours for under $100?
An article from GenomeWeb last week, “Complete Genomics, BioNanomatrix to Use $8.8M NIST Grant to Develop ‘$100 Genome’ Platform,” reveals that BioNanomatrix and Complete Genomics have partnered together to share an $8.8 million grant from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and […]
Ancestry.com has established a new blog, located at blogs.ancestry.com. Let me just say that they have excellent taste in WordPress themes (it’s the same as mine)!
If you’re interested, here’s a link to a document from the Edge Foundation, a group designed to promote the discussion of intellectual pursuits. The document is a summary (including video links) of a casual meeting between some fantastic scientific minds (Craig Venter, Freeman Dyson, Robert Shapiro, Dimitar Sasselov, and Seth Lloyd) which took […]
Yesterday was another big day for genetic genealogy, with two major announcements. First, as I have previously mentioned, Ancestry.com teamed up with Sorenson Genomics to offer DNA testing. The results of that testing can be, at the owner’s discretion, tied into a new DNA database as well as their massive collection […]
Ancestry.com, one of the largest online sources of family trees and genealogy source material, is teaming up with Sorenson Genomics to offer DNA testing.
Ancestry.com has more than 14 million users, meaning that genetic genealogy will be introduced to a huge new group of individuals. Additionally, Ancestry can use the results of this […]
I just wanted to let my readers know that posting will be on the light side this week because of exams. I am finishing up my first year of law school, so Constitutional law and Property are taking up most of my time. And stay tuned, I have some big projects in the works […]
Last week I posted Ten Videos for Genetic Genealogists, a collection of YouTube and other videos that might be of use to people who are just starting out in the field of genetic genealogy (and hopefully many others!).
Another valuable (and ever-growing) resource for genetic genealogists (indeed, for ALL genealogists, is Roots TelevisionTM. Roots Television […]
I was unaware that today is actually DNA day. Learn more here.
“National DNA Day is a unique day where students, teachers and the public can learn more about genetics and genomics! It was created to commemorate the completion of the Human Genome Project in April 2003, and the discovery of DNA’s double helix.
Students […]
Yesterday the producers of last year’s popular PBS series “African American Lives” and “Oprah’s Roots” announced that they are seeking applications from people who are interested in participating in “African American Lives 2.” The producers plan to air the program in February 2008, and it will once again be hosted by Henry Louis Gates […]
I recently profiled the website DnaTube which hosts videos and animations that explain various facets of genetics and DNA. Another source of valuable information is the Learn.Genetics website hosted by the Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah.
According to the website:
“The Genetic Science Learning Center is an outreach education program located in […]
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