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A slightly different perspective from the other comments: as far as I know, 23andMe only works with single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). While far better tha
by bertiewhykovich 10y ago
A slightly different perspective from the other comments: as far as I know, 23andMe only works with single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). While far better than nothing, this covers a combinatorially small subset of genetic variation, and, as such, is unable to detect the majority of genetic phenomena (although an approach that synthesizes data from multiple SNPs may expand its scope).
I can't read the full text of the research in question (http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ng.3626.html http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ng.3626....), but I suspect that they have done a much more expansive analysis than 23andMe's SNP-only approach permits.