statistical techniques which match DNA on the database to relatives, according to Dr Pounder, a privacy law specialist at Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind OUT-LAW.COM. These techniques use the genetic fact that an individual's DNA sample is related to the DNA of close family members.
Given enough computing power, we are all family. No (wo)man is a (genomic) island.
genomic island? do you actually know what that means?
ReplyDeleteI certainly do: it's what we in the trade call a metaphor.
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genomic_island
ReplyDeleteSorry, it's *still* a metaphor.
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