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The ABCs of DNA — IBD vs IBS vs mIBC
IBD vs. IBS When you are matched up to a potential family member at one of the genetic testing services, they do so by finding segments of DNA where the alleles are the same over a minimum distance of both your and your match’s DNA. At least that’s what is supposed to happen. There are several things that can go wrong when matching segments between people and here we’re going to discuss the unfortunate incident of the IBS cousin. No, IBS…Read More … Read entire article »
Filed under: DNA-Footprints Echoes
Welcome to 2 Potato!
For years I had a blog journaling my own battle with indolence and indulgence but then one day Go-Daddy ate it, then wanted a king’s ransom to give it back. I had to abandon it, sadly. And truth is, most of the site wasn’t backed up properly by me and what was backed up had been on a hard drive that died. My bad. But now I’m back although I’m too busy to build this back to where it was…Read More … Read entire article »
Filed under: 2 Potato Diet Echoes, Featured
US Government: USDA Zones Changing — Fears Admiting Climate Change to Blame
The New Map According to the Washington Post, the USDA is diminishing the climate change implications of the new Plant Hardiness Zone Map despite its obvious differences and their method changes designed to obscure the changes that have occurred in the last 22 years. The map was due to be released during the Bush years but inexplicably was not despite the data being ready. A host of excuses were given by the Bush administration but it … Read entire article »
Filed under: The Druid's Keep - The Environment and Green Living
23andMe Responds to Customer Complaints About Rebuilt Forum by Returning Old Functionality!
Recent Changes Made a Mess of the Forums I don’t know about you, but when the new forum was created over at 23andMe I felt like I was hit over the head with a sandbag! I couldn’t seem to ‘see’ straight. I couldn’t figure out how to find anything and I had a huge headache after hours of trying. I kept trying for a week with no better success. I couldn’t locate new posts and I couldn’t figure out where to…Read More … Read entire article »
Filed under: DNA-Footprints Echoes
23andM Reverses Decision, Reaches Out to Alienated Customers
In a surprising move, 23andMe reversed its earlier decision to drop relative finder matches for customers which stop subscribing after fulfilling their 1-year commitment. This move was in reaction to the strongly negative reaction of their customer base to their unannounced changes to the TOS. The author was honored to work with other community leaders to communicate the community’s distress to the owner of 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki. I want to express my appreciation to CeCe Moore for reaching out to…Read More … Read entire article »
Filed under: DNA-Footprints Echoes
Breach of Trust at 23andMe
Recently, 23andMe has changed their TOS reneging on their promise that, if you’ve paid off your year subscription but don’t want to pay indefinitely, you will not get future matches nor health info but you won’t lose access to the information that you already have including your RF matches and your health reports. Now, should you choose not to continue to pay their subscription fee, it is like you never paid them hundreds of dollars at all.. EXCEPT that they…Read More … Read entire article »
Filed under: DNA-Footprints Echoes