Genome maps could be the new mating test
Left: Aphthovirus genome map
Biologist-entrepreneur J. Craig Venter has just published almost all 6 billion letters, or 96 percent, of his own personal genetic code in the journal PLoS Biology. From diseases to personality traits, it’s the most comprehensive human genome to date.
Venter’s gene map provides a new understanding of his genetic destiny, according to the DNA inherited from both his father and his mother.
Venter says it’s just the beginning of a new era of personal genomics. “For the first time, we can answer almost any question of what’s genetic, what’s the environment. Our genes can tell us probabilities of what might happen and give us a chance to do something about it.”
“Maybe this will be the new mating information. Once we all have our genomes, some of these extremely rare diseases are going to be totally predictable,” says Venter.
Go to original by A. Chris Gajilan, CNN
