I have learned there is a 50% chance I have inherited a genetic disease. I would like to be tested to see if I actually have the faulty gene, but have a few concerns as to insurance implications. Any help would be much appreciated.
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 14, 2013 -
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Have you used 23andMe? How'd it go?
While it's probably not very possible to fact check your risk for x y and z, did it get the basics right for you? Eye color, hair color? If it told you you were 1/12th American Indian, would it be a safe bet that this is actually true?
Any surprises? Any confirmation of something you had already suspected?
posted by Feel the beat of the rhythm of the night
on Jun 22, 2012 -
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Was reading about microchips that are designed to allow a few mistakes (known as '
Sloppy Chips'), and pondering equivalent kinds of 'coding' errors and entropy in biological systems. Can a fair comparison be made between the two?
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posted by 0bvious
on Jun 5, 2012 -
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Looking for an awesome primer on genetics! It should start somewhere around the highschool level, and continue through to some college-level material. Bonus points if it touches on some recent developments and research. Oh! And readability is key.
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posted by Afroblanco
on Jan 13, 2012 -
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Questions about biology, genes, humans and apes, courtesy of the movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes. SPOILERS WITHIN.
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posted by Brandon Blatcher
on Aug 19, 2011 -
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So I'm gay. Turns out a lot of folks in my extended family are as well. What are the odds? Has anyone studied extended family charting specifically?
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posted by Tchad
on Aug 30, 2010 -
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I found out information through a genetic screen that could impact my dad's heart treatment. How do I clue him in?
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posted by anonymous
on May 31, 2010 -
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Research for a sci-fi story: Is it theoretically possible to genetically modify a feotus in vitro to such an extent that the feotus effectively becomes a clone of the father?
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posted by leibniz
on Apr 5, 2010 -
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Should I try to breed out the parts of me I don't like? Or is it ok to make super neurotic kids?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 17, 2009 -
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Wild hair,
related to this. I am of truly unknown Northern European ancestry (closed adoption). My hair was brown with auburn highlights before charging on to grey over the past couple years. My abundant beard was always about 30% bright copper red. Am I a redhead gene carrier?
posted by mwhybark
on Jun 22, 2009 -
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Are there any studies, past or present, devoted to the idea of deriving precise time of either conception or birth from DNA analysis? For conception, I can imagine a science fiction author describing a rhythmic pattern or pulse emitted by something in the DNA whose beats are somehow recorded somewhere, like the veritable second hand of a clock. For birth time I'm a little fuzzier on the possibilities, but one idea that occurred to me was the studying the effects of direct light (sun or artificial) on a baby's chromosomes when exposed for the first time (not counting any rays that might penetrate the womb through the mother). There is also the
telomere clock to consider, about which I know very little.
posted by christopherious
on Dec 12, 2007 -
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A friend of mine is a gifted writer. Her brother is a songwriter, her mother is a painter, her father was an artist and her grandfather was a famous writer AND painter. Does creativity come in the genes? What does science say?
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posted by up!Rock
on Jun 27, 2007 -
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MolecularBiologyFilter: How can knocking out one copy of a gene have the same effect as a mutation that leads to increased activity?
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posted by greatgefilte
on Dec 23, 2005 -
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Are there really such things as "scars on chromosomes" and "X vs. Y" 'wars' between the male- and female-determining genes?
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posted by rleamon
on May 8, 2005 -
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