Comments on: Sex, money, dancing, eating….and voles? http://spittoon.23andme.com/2008/01/09/sex-money-dancing-eating%e2%80%a6and-voles/ A receptacle for genetic knowledge. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:21:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: ErinC http://spittoon.23andme.com/2008/01/09/sex-money-dancing-eating%e2%80%a6and-voles/#comment-678 ErinC Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:12:27 +0000 http://dreamblog.23andme.com/?p=23#comment-678 Thanks for the comment. We were very interested in the recent report of AVPR1a's influence on monogamy in humans too! Unfortunately, the type of variation described in the paper is not the kind of thing our SNP chip can give data about. 23andMe looks at more than 500,000 points of potential variation throughout the genome, but these variations are single DNA bases. The AVPR1a variation that's been associated with monogamy (among other things) is different. Instead of just one DNA letter that differs between people, there is stretch of repetitive DNA that varies in length between people. We're not able to give our customers data about this type of variation. Thanks for the comment. We were very interested in the recent report of AVPR1a’s influence on monogamy in humans too!

Unfortunately, the type of variation described in the paper is not the kind of thing our SNP chip can give data about.

23andMe looks at more than 500,000 points of potential variation throughout the genome, but these variations are single DNA bases. The AVPR1a variation that’s been associated with monogamy (among other things) is different. Instead of just one DNA letter that differs between people, there is stretch of repetitive DNA that varies in length between people. We’re not able to give our customers data about this type of variation.

]]> By: ziggy http://spittoon.23andme.com/2008/01/09/sex-money-dancing-eating%e2%80%a6and-voles/#comment-668 ziggy Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:39:33 +0000 http://dreamblog.23andme.com/?p=23#comment-668 A recent publication from a Swedish laboratory (Proc.Nat.Acad.Sci. 105(37):14153 (2008)) adds credence to the role of variation in the AVPR1a gene in predicting monogamous behavior in human males. I think many men, including me, would like to know their profile at this gene locus. How does one suggest to 23andMe that they add this marker to their roster? A recent publication from a Swedish laboratory (Proc.Nat.Acad.Sci. 105(37):14153 (2008)) adds credence to the role of variation in the AVPR1a gene in predicting monogamous behavior in human males. I think many men, including me, would like to know their profile at this gene locus. How does one suggest to 23andMe that they add this marker to their roster?

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