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Chris Darwin tests his DNA with the Genographic Project. Photo by Patrick Riviere.
Darwin's birthday also reminds us of meeting Darwin's great-great-grandson, Chris Darwin, at this time last year in Sydney, Australia. Chris swabbed with the Genographic Project to test his and therefore his paternal great-great Grandfather's (Charles Darwin) DNA. Find out the results.
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200 Cornell University undergrad volunteers line up to test their DNA
Posted on February 8, 2011
200 Cornell undergrad students line up to swab using a Genographic Public Participation Kit. Photo by Colby Bishop.The hallways outside Cornell's Call Auditorium were buzzing with activity and excitement as 200 undergrad volunteer students lined up to see if their collective DNA can represent all of humanity's ancient migration paths.
A Cornell undergrad student swabs to trace her deep ancestry as part of the Cornell University Genetic Ancestry Project. Photo by Marilyn Rivchin.This event kicked off the first ever Cornell University Genetic Ancestry Project. Professor and Director of the Cornell Center for Comparative and Population Genomics (3CPG), Chip Aquadro, along with Spencer Wells, a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor at Cornell, worked together to develop this semester long and campus wide project. The project's goal is to stimulate discussion about the promise, challenges, risks and limitations of genetic testing for ancestry, as well as the diverse social, legal, ethical implications that are raised by its use.
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Edward Bleeker Students swab to participate in the Genographic Project. Photo by Lindsay Maiorana.Spencer Wells discussed this question and many others yesterday morning at Edward Bleeker Middle School with 130 sixth grade students. As part of Genographic's partnership with The Silk Road Project, Yo-Yo Ma's multidisciplinary education foundation, roughly 400 students at 4 different New York City Public Schools have the opportunity to swab and trace their deep ancestry with the Genographic Project this school year.
During today's assembly, Spencer discussed the Genographic Project and showed video footage of his Genographic expeditions. The sixth graders created family trees in preparation for Spencer's visit and discussed their predictions of what they think their Genographic results could reveal about their ancient ancestry.
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A public participant uses his daughter's help to swab and participate in the event at the Adelaide Central Market. Photo by Bettina Cutler.The University of Adelaide hosted a Genographic swabbing event at the Adelaide Central Market in October. One hundred free Genographic Kits were distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to the public. Volunteers from the University of Adelaide, IBM, and the Royal Institution of Australia explained the project and guided participants through the process. Some local Adelaide celebrities who also participated include members of Adelaide's United Football Club and celebrity chef Poh Ling Yeow.
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