The Phillips DNA Project News

Mike Cariaso has written an interesting article about personal genomics recently published in Bio-IT World.  Here is a quote from it:

Following in the footsteps of scientists, technophiles and their families, the next wave of personal genomics will come from family genealogists. Their numbers and their eagerness to share and compare genomes and family pedigrees will fuel companies and Facebook applications. Empowered by DNA's precise audit trail, they will entirely 'solve' genealogy by mapping the full flow of human ancestry. Any anonymous DNA sample will immediately fit in exactly one place in this tree of humanity, and from it we will know all of your ancestors. Being adopted will never be the same again.

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