gah! I misunderstood!

[mellowtigger]

I (mistakenly) thought that 23andme was sequencing my dna and sending me the "deltas", all the places in my dna that differed from the reference template.  I was wrong.

Instead, they are genotyping me, meaning that they are testing only specific locations of their choosing.  Granted, they are testing over half a million of these locations, but I'll likely find that they aren't testing every location that would be of interest to me.  Anticipating my results to arrive in 3-4 weeks, I am beginning to compile a list of SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) addresses that interest me.  This activity is what led to me finally understand the limitations of the 23andme test process.
https://www.23andme.com/you/faqwin/sequencing/

I'm very disappointed, but I'm still very very curious about the results that I get back.  They will have some autism SNPs tested, they will have my HIV resistance tested.  So there will be plenty of data for me to pore over, just not as much as I'd hoped.

Comments

:o)

[otterlover01.livejournal.com]

Oh well, anyway, it will be DAMNED INTERESTING! :o) Hugs, Luis.

Re: :o)

[mellowtigger]

Absolutely! :) They are testing 550,000 SNP locations.
https://www.23andme.com/you/faqwin/chip/

But since there is some evidence that autistics are mutating faster than the general population (sciencedaily.com story), then it's very possible that Something Interesting [tm] is happening out in the other unmapped 3 billion base pairs. Sharing complete sequencing data with each other would be a fun way to look for such trends-in-motion.

I'll have to temper my enthusiasm, though, and be content with only half a million pieces of information to peruse. *LAUGH*

[kroyd.livejournal.com]

Totally fascinating!!! I will be waiting with baited breath to see what comes out of this.