Blog Comments

Kinetica Online is pleased to provide direct links to commentaries from our senior editor Dr. Steven Pelech has posted on other blogs sites. Most of these comments appear on the GenomeWeb Daily Scan website, which in turn highlight interesting blogs that have been posted at numerous sites in the blogosphere since the beginning of 2010. A wide variety of topical subjects are covered ranging from the latest scientific breakthroughs, research trends, politics and career advice. The original blogs and Dr. Pelech’s comments are summarized here under the title of the original blog. Should viewers wish to add to these discussions, they should add their comments at the original blog sites.

The views expressed by Dr. Pelech do not necessarily reflect those of the other management and staff at Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation. However, we wish to encourage healthy debate that might spur improvements in how biomedical research is supported and conducted.

Ancestry

Where Are You From?

Ewen Callaway at Nature News pointed out that whole-genome sequencing is already being used by companies for ancestry testing. S. Pelech notes that there are 7 billion people on the planet with ancestral roots that run deep in time, and ultimately these roots all trace back to a small family of Homo sapiens about 200,000 years ago that lived in Africa. While very human-like creatures such as Homo erectus (the ax maker) existed nearly 2 million years, it would appear that Homo sapiens were on the verge of extinction back around 200,000 years ago. Read More...