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FTDNA’s 13th IGG Conference Lab Tour - Blog entry by lkessler - 13 Nov 2017
#FTDNA2017 – What a great conference! So many people I could talk to at a technical level and so many that I learned from. I averaged less than 5 hours of sleep per night just because the day was so full, every morning was an early wakeup, and I had to watch Saturday Night Live. I left ...
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FTDNA’s 13th International Genetic Genealogy Conf Day 3 - Blog entry by lkessler - 12 Nov 2017
#FTDNA2017 - First up, another breakfast sponsored by FTDNA. This was followed at 8 a.m. by an ISOGG (International Society of Genetic Genealogy) chapter meeting, my first. It was led by Katherine Bodger, the Director and co-founder of the society. ISOGG was ...
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FTDNA’s 13th International Genetic Genealogy Conf Day 2 - Blog entry by lkessler - 11 Nov 2017
... attendance. About 50 people, including myself, raised their hands as first timers. FTDNA currently has about 140 employees with many assisting with the Conference. Peter Sjolund, http://www.dnaacademy.se/, the ISOGG Regional Coordinator for Sweden, next presented information about the Swedish Haplogroup Database, and how Y-
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FTDNA’s 13th International Genetic Genealogy Conf, Day 1 - Blog entry by lkessler - 10 Nov 2017
... have gathered for 3 days of talks and mingling and discussion about the state of DNA analysis. It’s very exciting for me to be with and talk to so many experts, each with a slightly different viewpoint and their own specialties in this field. The day started with an early morning breakfast for those of us who had arrived in time. About 20 of us gathered at the ...
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Revisiting Speed and Balding - Blog comment by lkessler - 8 Nov 2017
... in the model is extreme endogamy for 50 full generations without any external DNA being added to the pot. We all know what happens in endogamy. Segments passed down multiple ways on multiple lines. This could very well be the reason for the expanded G values in their simulation. No external DNA added for 50 generations. If their ...
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Revisiting Speed and Balding - Blog comment by debbiek - 8 Nov 2017
Louis
It makes no difference whether one is studying diseases or detecting DNA relatives. It's still necessary to identify related people in the database.
The reason the testing companies filter small segments under 6 cMs or 7 cMs is not to exclude small segments from distant generations but for the very practical reason that these small segments cannot be ...
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Revisiting Speed and Balding - Blog comment by lkessler - 8 Nov 2017
... mention is anything about filtering for only people who would show up in a person's DNA match list. And that makes sense because you are studying diseases, not DNA relatives.
DNA testing companies filter the matches to only include people with a minimal total cM match and a minimum largest cM match. ...
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Revisiting Speed and Balding - Blog comment by lkessler - 8 Nov 2017
... your talks and meeting you in person in Houston this weekend at the FamilyTree DNA's Genetic Genealogy Conference.
Louis
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Revisiting Speed and Balding - Blog comment by dougspeed - 7 Nov 2017
... I could keep track of exactly what happened in each mating, i.e., which pieces of DNA a child got from their dad's maternal DNA, and which from their dad's paternal DNA, etc. I ended up with a long list of identity by descent (IBD) segments of varying length, allowing me to ask the question, if I ...
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Revisiting Speed and Balding - Blog comment by lkessler - 9 Nov 2017