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Researchers Develop DNA GPS Tool To Accurately Trace Geographical Ancestry

Posted by timothy on from the why-you-like-to-make-cave-paintings dept.

Zothecula (1870348) writes "An international team of scientists has developed a process that allows them to pinpoint a person's geographical origin going back 1,000 years. Known as the Geographic Population Structure (GPS) tool, the method is accurate enough to locate the village from which the subject's ancestors came, and has significant implications for personalized medical treatment."

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  1. Doesn't work for everyone by Beck_Neard · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just to be clear, they only did this for two populations of people: Sardinia and polynesia, both of which have the nice property that they are isolated and thus would not mix very much with the rest of the human population.

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  2. It's way cool, but read the actual study. by clovis · · Score: 4, Informative

    Don't read the moronic gizmag article. (yeah I know, /., as if)
    See this:
    http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2...
    It's pretty cool stuff.

  3. Re:should accept 23andme genome sequence dump by Rich0 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have a DNA sequence from 23andme. I'd like to see the first service do any kind of analysis where I can upload my genome sequence and see the results of the analysis.

    The service already exists, though they did a good job of not posting the link to http://www.prosapiagenetics.co...

    However, it isn't until you get pretty far along in uploading your data that they try to hit you up for a fee (something like $20-50).