tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post2480345384692985960..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Population differentiation in gene classes (Wu & Zhang 2011)Dienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-19324846920512846702011-01-20T01:50:16.885+02:002011-01-20T01:50:16.885+02:00Yes I guess the paper does seem like it is stating...Yes I guess the paper does seem like it is stating the obvious, what we can see or measure without any knowledge of genes, dna or snps. Anthropologists of old have noted human differences over the globe.<br /><br />What I got out of it was this: Chromosomes 5,6,8,11,13 and 20 are practically useless for finding differences between the human geographical groups as those chromosomes are essentially identical. Also the scientists have quantified the most varied to the least varied functions and characteristics of human geographical groups. This is good for finding those SNPs which are real indicators of ancient origins and admixture, which some of us, would like to know just for the sake of knowing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-85680555518530250132011-01-19T03:06:43.336+02:002011-01-19T03:06:43.336+02:00To Mr. Abramoff:
Ontogeny recapitulates phraseolo...To Mr. Abramoff:<br /><br />Ontogeny recapitulates phraseology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-76169679335384102942011-01-18T20:15:31.111+02:002011-01-18T20:15:31.111+02:00Trying to answer my own question. I think they mea...Trying to answer my own question. I think they mean through <a href="http://www.ensembl.org/biomart/martview/fec19d43f801ac14ffdb3407f3ccbe6f/fec19d43f801ac14ffdb3407f3ccbe6f" rel="nofollow">Ensembl->Biomart</a>. But then the query is still unclear, and an acceptable methods section should have stated that.Michael Abramoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219866685155549170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-60531876880563187672011-01-18T20:05:15.420+02:002011-01-18T20:05:15.420+02:00Exciting paper, but pretty terse. I am not been ab...Exciting paper, but pretty terse. I am not been able to figure out how they got from the SNPs to the gene ontology they use in figure 1 and how complete the SNP lists where. Authors only state that they used Ensembl. Certainly there is no public list of SNP->GO. Can anyone here guess how they did that?Michael Abramoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219866685155549170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-84806988970298290552011-01-17T19:07:35.653+02:002011-01-17T19:07:35.653+02:00How can such obviously talented scientists with su...How can such obviously talented scientists with such fascinating results write a conclusion sentence that makes the conclusions in 4th grade science fair projects look good by comparison?Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.com