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I recently downloaded my Ancestry.com DNA data, and started looking at it with the help of SNPedia: https://www.SNPedia.com https://www.SNPedia.com One of the
by drzoltar 6y ago
I recently downloaded my Ancestry.com DNA data, and started looking at it with the help of SNPedia:
https://www.SNPedia.com https://www.SNPedia.com
One of the neat things I found is that I have genetic markers for increased coffee consumption:
https://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Coffee https://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Coffee
I drink at least a few cups a day and so does my dad, so confirmation bias does the rest.
That makes me wonder if drinking coffee (amoungst other foods) is truly causal in decreasing prostate cancer, as opposed to heavy coffee drinkers having other correlated biomarkers (in particular ethnic correlations) that help dodge it.
Anyways, I’m not trying to disparage this study, I just think it’s neat that we’re somewhat predisposed to like certain foods from birth.
- shock 6y agoHow are you identifying your genetic variants in the DNA data? I'm still learning how to do that, so any pointers are appreciated.
- drzoltar 6y agoSNPedia has a paid service that can do it for you: https://promethease.com/ https://promethease.com/ I personally didn’t trust them with my data so instead you can just search for specific SNPs from your DNA file. For example, the coffee one is this one: https://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Rs2472297 https://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Rs2472297 So you search your dna file for rs2472297 and then check which combination you have, e.g., you see “C T” which is slightly associated with coffee consumption. You can probably write or find a script that does this for you.