tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360356351594869925.post5019359172693340788..comments2024-03-28T15:34:05.886-04:00Comments on Punnett's Square: Using Genomes to Predict HeightG. F. Barbatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09416043925683981826noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360356351594869925.post-31255054379251183852018-12-08T17:09:47.938-05:002018-12-08T17:09:47.938-05:00Its always incredible to see how far we have come ...Its always incredible to see how far we have come in our understanding of the human genome and what we can do to change someone. In this case, something as simple as height can be altered by optimizing an SNP. The 0.65 correlation is amazing to see and how accurate this is. Environmental factor is unaccounted for but that is understandable and may be unpredictable. Its really cool to see how these techniques could be used to predict what someone will look like in twenty years. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560500219214033308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360356351594869925.post-13354723880044203562018-12-04T00:11:32.776-05:002018-12-04T00:11:32.776-05:00I find it quite astonishing that scientists were a...I find it quite astonishing that scientists were able to formulate a concrete algorithm that links genomic sequencing and predicted height. An interesting extension of this research would be if scientists were able to take environmental factors into account. By adapting the algorithm, hopefully with would further improve the accuracy of predictions. This truly is the beginning of eventually unlocking the secrets behind polygenic traits and I feel as if longevity would be another polygenic trait worth investigating.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11609397945382482025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360356351594869925.post-74042846490520259692018-12-01T09:50:55.844-05:002018-12-01T09:50:55.844-05:00I will admit that seeing the title of this post th...I will admit that seeing the title of this post that I was skeptical that this was causation not correlation, however seeing as they only had a margin of 0.65 between experimental and theoretical gives some backing to these findings. Height is something that is present in my family but it is hard to trace seeing as my close family are mostly very short or very tall with little in between but I would be curious to see more about this study.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08418101037309934341noreply@blogger.com