****** 13. Will other people know about my test results?
. No. Genographic Project public participant samples are assigned a randomly generated, non-sequential Genographic Project ID (GPID) number for processing and analysis. Public participants can only access their results via the protected participant area of the Genographic Web site using his or her GPID number.
The entire results of the Project may be presented on television, radio, the Internet, newspapers, magazines, and other media. Your genetic data will be included only if you agree to have your data included as part of our aggregate presentation of trends and patterns. If you agree to have your anonymous data included in the Project's aggregate database, we will not disclose any information that reveals your identity—we do not have the ability to link your personally identifiable information with your genetic data.
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While this sounds nice, I am more interested in the publication for research end of the argument. This is not answered
directly by the FAQ or the site. The fact there is no public money makes it easier to bury the results and extract
a fee for service model from commercial entities, Universities and the general public. Not that there is a problem with
that, but lately lots of publicly funded research has been hidden this way - making it diffcult to get at.
...Paul
Matthew J. Probst wrote:
I assume they are planning on subsidizing dna tests for various regions of the globe. Having a significantly higher number of participants from wealthier nations (that have individuals w/ $100 disposable income) would potentialy skew the results.
-matt
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Michael Halcrow wrote:
News just came out...
IBM and National Geographic are teaming up in a massive effort to map the human geneology and migratory patterns by analyzing hundreds of thousands of DNA samples across the world. This is arguably the most ambitious "genetic anthropology" research initiative in history:
http://www5.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/
I'll be participating on this study. It costs about $100 and involved a painless DNA swab:
http://www5.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/participate.html
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