Dugs Papers

A collection of Douglas Racionzer's thinking on a variety of topics including assignments in ethics.

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Dug's DNA report

I went to have my DNA tested in August and the results are posted below:

GENETIC ANCESTRY TESTING REPORT
Division of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service, P O Box 1038, Johannesburg, 2000
Room 303 James Gear Building, Corner of Hospital and DeKorte Streets, Braamfontein
Tel: (011) 489-9237 (Laboratory) Prof Himla Soodyall: (011) 489-9208 FAX: (011) 489-9226
MRC/NHLS/WITS HUMAN GENOMIC
DIVERSITY AND DISEASE RESEARCH UNIT
(HGDDRU)

NAME: Douglas Racionzer
SEX: Male
MtDNA analysis
MtDNA HVRI variation: 16183A-C, 16189T-C, 16223C-T,16278C-T,
16294C-T, 16390G-A
MtDNA HVRII variation: 73A-G, 143G-A, 146T-C, 195T-C, 263A-G
MtDNA haplogroup: L2a
MtDNA matches: When we searched our sub-Saharan African
database we found no identical match; closest
match differed by two base positions to 2
Bantu-speakers from South Africa.
Haplogroup information

It is possible for us to reconstruct the evolutionary history of all mtDNA lineages
found in living peoples to a common ancestor, sometimes referred to in the
popular press as “Mitochondrial Eve”. This ancestor lived in Africa, about
150,000 years ago. She lies at the root of all the maternal ancestries of every
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