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| seen | May 15 at 20:55 | |
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Feb 23 |
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Questions to ask to a panel of people that will be sequenced Yeah, the strong reason for the selection of these traits/questions is 23andMe's desire to engage a customer base with curiosity questions - like smelling asparagus metabolites in the urine. Their (business) model is quite different from a researcher trying to convince a review panel to fund their proposal, hence my call to focus on more medically oriented phenotypes. At the same time, 23andMe has an obstacle in obtaining reliable data on one's lifestyle. I have nothing against these questions when asked via the secure 23andMe site, but better questions can be asked by Pierre's colleagues. |
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Feb 23 |
answered | What is the tRNA gene copy variation between different yeast strains? |
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Feb 23 |
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ATP cost for gene expression Is this in bacterial or human? Transcribing a pre-mRNA and splicing are significant contributors to this energy cost calculation. Don't forget charging of tRNAs with amino acids. |
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Feb 23 |
answered | Can genetically modified genes jump to bacteria in the eater's intestine? |
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Feb 23 |
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Can genetically modified genes jump to bacteria in the eater's intestine? A basic molecular biology textbook plus one in microbiology would be sufficient to provide the details of the mechanisms described by Amy +1. |
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Feb 22 |
answered | Sequencing the genomes of polyploid organisms |
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Feb 22 |
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Questions to ask to a panel of people that will be sequenced I hope that the Linux gene is dominant! More likely that it is rare, and in combination with certain deletions ;) |
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Feb 22 |
answered | What is the most heat-tolerant organism? |
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Feb 22 |
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How would a plant sprout and grow in a zero gravity environment? Agreed, links are helpful, but someone may wish to refine or rerun my query, rendering links less useful. There's enough info in my response to be helpful to this audience and I think that is the main point. |
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Feb 22 |
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Can any other animal choke on food? spelling |
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Feb 22 |
awarded | Editor |
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Feb 22 |
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Questions to ask to a panel of people that will be sequenced added 807 characters in body |
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Feb 22 |
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Questions to ask to a panel of people that will be sequenced The full version of this list is long and that can bring about interview or questionnaire fatigue. Do not forget to factor in the length of time for a subject to answer all questions nor the cost of entering and analyzing those responses. Frankly, if 23andMe is asking these types of questions, you shouldn't because they will beat you to a report on the association. Deep phenotyping is critical, but direct that effort to collecting lifestyle data - like diet, sleep, exercise - which all influence the genotype-phenotype association |
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Feb 22 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Feb 22 |
answered | Can any other animal choke on food? |
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Feb 22 |
answered | How would a plant sprout and grow in a zero gravity environment? |
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Feb 22 |
answered | How crowded is the bacterial cell? |
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Feb 22 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Feb 22 |
answered | Questions to ask to a panel of people that will be sequenced |
