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But then maybe she's onto something. Some Genetic Tests Apparently Can’t Tell If You’re Dog Or Human https://futurism.com/home-genetics-test-dog-human https://

But then maybe she's onto something. Some Genetic Tests Apparently Can’t Tell If You’re Dog Or Human https://futurism.com/home-genetics-test-dog-human https://futurism.com/home-genetics-test-dog-human How DNA Testing Botched My Family's Heritage, and Probably Yours, Too https://gizmodo.com/how-dna-testing-botched-my-familys-heritage-and-probab-1820932637 https://gizmodo.com/how-dna-testing-botched-my-familys-herit... I Took 9 Different Commercial DNA Tests and Got 6 Different Results https://www.livescience.com/63997-dna-ancestry-test-results-explained.html https://www.livescience.com/63997-dna-ancestry-test-results-... How Accurate Are Online DNA Tests? (Betteridge's Law of Headlines might still somewhat play into this one.) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-accurate-are-online-dna-tests/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-accurate-are-... Consumer DNA Tests Are Wrong 40 Percent of the Time https://www.geek.com/science/study-consumer-dna-tests-are-wrong-40-percent-of-the-time-1735529/ https://www.geek.com/science/study-consumer-dna-tests-are-wr... Consumer Affairs' 23 and me rating (1.5/5 stars) https://www.consumeraffairs.com/health/23andme.html https://www.consumeraffairs.com/health/23andme.html The words "Fly By Night" definitely come to mind. Combine that with ongoing privacy murkiness, and 23andme is basically the medical version of Facebook. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/16/5-biggest-risks-of-sharing-dna-with-consumer-genetic-testing-companies.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/16/5-biggest-risks-of-sharing-d...

loa-in-backup 8y ago
> Some Genetic Tests Apparently Can’t Tell If You’re Dog Or Human We do share a lot of genetic code, so checking for a specific aminoacid sequence could very unsurpisingly detect it in both
- Not_a_pizza 8y ago
  People have tried spoofing with dogs, but dogs aren't even that close genetically compared to other animals. Makes one wonder if they'd be able to detect a chimpanzee. https://www.thedodo.com/animals-you-had-no-idea-were-so-closely-related-to-humans-1172946617.html https://www.thedodo.com/animals-you-had-no-idea-were-so-clos... The real test should be sending in your own genes twice. They might not detect exactly the same because of minor mutagenic differentiation that has taken place (or because you're a chimera!), but they should easily place you into the same family tree as yourself.

loa-in-backup 8y ago

> Some Genetic Tests Apparently Can’t Tell If You’re Dog Or Human We do share a lot of genetic code, so checking for a specific aminoacid sequence could very unsurpisingly detect it in both

Not_a_pizza 8y ago
People have tried spoofing with dogs, but dogs aren't even that close genetically compared to other animals. Makes one wonder if they'd be able to detect a chimpanzee. https://www.thedodo.com/animals-you-had-no-idea-were-so-closely-related-to-humans-1172946617.html https://www.thedodo.com/animals-you-had-no-idea-were-so-clos... The real test should be sending in your own genes twice. They might not detect exactly the same because of minor mutagenic differentiation that has taken place (or because you're a chimera!), but they should easily place you into the same family tree as yourself.