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Which Type of Athlete Are U?
Which athlete are you? This was the question Amsterdam based Ascot Genetics posed when they sent me a complimentary DNA kit to review in late February, before the coronavirus lockdown in the UK. The discovery in 1953 of the Double Helix, the twisted-ladder structure of Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), by James Watson and Francis Crick marked…
Glossary: which DNA words do I really need to know?
The world of DNA can be pretty daunting when it comes to understanding the lingo: Chromosomes, Autosomal, Alleles, Short tandem repeat, Single-nucleotide polymorphism… The list goes on ….. So, here at WhichDNA, we will demystify the terminology, and pretty much tell you what is essential and what needs to be parked for the time being,…
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An introduction to direct-to-consumer genetic testing: from genetic genealogy to health DNA
People come to the world of DNA for a variety of reasons. It’s often through curiosity, that instinctive need to know where our ancestors came from, and DNA can be the perfect tool to break down that brick wall in paper trail family Genealogy, particularly where adoption is involved. However, sometimes our Genes let us…
A Brief History of DNA
James Watson and Francis Crick were giants in Genomics. Their discovery of the Double Helix structure of DNA revolutionised our understanding of the human form and its past, present and future. However, it is a common misconception that James Watson and Francis Crick discovered DNA in the 1950s. Watson and Crick benefitted from pioneering predecessors,…