Yeah, I was disappointed that it's not a full genome too.
It's by no means all of his SNPs, either -- each person has around 3 million actual SNPs (variations from the reference genome), and 23andme just chooses a million sites that could be the location of a SNP to look at, most of which won't actually be points of variation for most people.
So, 23andme is only looking for common SNPs you might have. If you have a rare SNP you're interested in, or if you're a researcher trying to analyze the effects of an uncommon SNP, you're out of luck with 23andme data.
I agree, but still applaud Manu's release of something many consider so private.
Even though this isn't a genome sequence, there is potential for interesting analyses if lots of people release their 23andme data. (I believe 23andme use the same SNPs for every user).
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Yeah, I was disappointed that it's not a full genome too.
It's by no means all of his SNPs, either -- each person has around 3 million actual SNPs (variations from the reference genome), and 23andme just chooses a million sites that could be the location of a SNP to look at, most of which won't actually be points of variation for most people.
So, 23andme is only looking for common SNPs you might have. If you have a rare SNP you're interested in, or if you're a researcher trying to analyze the effects of an uncommon SNP, you're out of luck with 23andme data.
I agree, but still applaud Manu's release of something many consider so private.
Even though this isn't a genome sequence, there is potential for interesting analyses if lots of people release their 23andme data. (I believe 23andme use the same SNPs for every user).