Presumably Dogs Don’t Get Pestered on “Relative Finder”
But Dovekie’s test results were utterly baffling. The “Canine Heritage” swab test from MMI Genomics showed four breeds in the mix — in order of prevalence, golden retriever, wirehaired pointing griffon, bearded collie and miniature schnauzer. This means that Dovekie’s mom, Charlie, whom we met and felt confident was a purebred golden retriever, was anything but. It also meant that Romeo was no Chocolate Lab.
Typical. When you’re in heat, they always tell you what you want to hear. “Hey, Baby, I’m totally Chocolate Lab.”
I work as an Assistant Professor in the Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (although this site and its content are my own).
In 2007 I became the fourth subject in Harvard geneticist George Church's Personal Genome Project. As the PGP moves forward, I am chronicling the dawn of personal genomics, that is, people obtaining their genomic information for whatever reason(s) and figuring out what to do with it. I am interested in the relevant technologies and especially the attendant privacy and other ethical/legal/social issues.
This blog may also discuss some of my non-genome interests or, to paraphrase Dwight Yoakam, "Guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music, etc etc."
The header image comes from the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange's multimedia performance piece, "Ferocious Beauty: Genome."
July 7th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
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