Comments on: Aren’t We All the Same? http://spittoon.23andme.com/2008/01/09/arent-we-all-the-same/ A receptacle for genetic knowledge. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:58:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: abenamer http://spittoon.23andme.com/2008/01/09/arent-we-all-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-5 abenamer Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:02:17 +0000 http://dreamblog.23andme.com/?p=27#comment-5 Isn't this related to the controversy behind Craig Venter doing the first map of the human genome on HIMSELF without even bothering to ask people what would be a representative human being for the first genome map? I guess the question isn't really about race but about haplotype, isn't it? I'm a Filipino American -- any chance of people with my haplotype getting in on the genome bonanza? I'd like to sign up but don't really want to end up with information that's more or less directed at a generic Southeast Asian "race" (which doesn't really exist as a cultural or political grouping) Isn’t this related to the controversy behind Craig Venter doing the first map of the human genome on HIMSELF without even bothering to ask people what would be a representative human being for the first genome map?

I guess the question isn’t really about race but about haplotype, isn’t it? I’m a Filipino American — any chance of people with my haplotype getting in on the genome bonanza? I’d like to sign up but don’t really want to end up with information that’s more or less directed at a generic Southeast Asian “race” (which doesn’t really exist as a cultural or political grouping)

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