1,000 genomes

[CabVet]

An amazing look at genetic variation in the human species, 1,092 human genomes published:

An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

 

[sfs]

An amazing look at genetic variation in the human species, 1,092 human genomes published:

An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

Dang it. I told them to take my name off that paper, but they didn't. I haven't really contributed to the project in a while.

 

[Blayz]

Just when sfs thought he was out of the consortium, they dragged him back in.

 

[Loudmouth]

Just when sfs thought he was out of the consortium, they dragged him back in.

LOL

 

[sfs]

Just when sfs thought he was out of the consortium, they dragged him back in.

It's all for the best, I suppose. This way I get to retain my moral purity, since I asked to be taken off, and still have the publication show up as mine to inflate my citation numbers. If I were cynical about my own motives, I might ask myself why I didn't check that they'd taken me off. But that would be rude.

 

[juvenissun]

Dang it. I told them to take my name off that paper, but they didn't. I haven't really contributed to the project in a while.

Please tell me a little on how would this huge work support the idea of evolution?

 

[sfs]

Please tell me a little on how would this huge work support the idea of evolution?

It has little to say about evolution, beyond recent evolution within our species. It does provide some information that is useful for estimating mutation rates, which are of interest for many evolutionary studies.

Note, however, that scientists are not doing studies to support the idea of evolution, any more than they are doing studies to support the idea of atoms. They have better ways to spend their time.

 

[juvenissun]

It has little to say about evolution, beyond recent evolution within our species. It does provide some information that is useful for estimating mutation rates, which are of interest for many evolutionary studies.

Note, however, that scientists are not doing studies to support the idea of evolution, any more than they are doing studies to support the idea of atoms. They have better ways to spend their time.

So, what does it say about the mutation rate?

 

[CabVet]

So, what does it say about the mutation rate?

The genomes were published last week, you will have to wait a little longer to see those types of analysis done.

 

[Jamin4422]

I haven't really contributed to the project in a while.

People usually get credit because they contributed, not because they are current contributors.

 

[sfs]

People usually get credit because they contributed, not because they are current contributors.

I already got credit on the paper about the pilot phase of the project. I really didn't need any more.

 

[Jamin4422]

Please tell me a little on how would this huge work support the idea of evolution?

The data is being used to put together a family tree of the men (Y Chromosome) currently living in Europe.

"they managed to extract 200 novel genetic variants from Y chromosomes of the most numerous group of western European men. By determining the patterns of these markers in each of the 1000 Genomes Project samples, the team was able to draw up a new family tree for the majority of men in Western Europe."

Citizen researchers help unlock European genetic heritage