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> Two years ago, US consumers could see more than 240 detailed health and trait reports, including risk factors for heart attack and type 2 diabetes. Then, at the end of 2013, the Food and Drug Administration clamped down. They implied that 23andMe's tests were inaccurate. They also worried that some consumers would misconstrue the risks, seeking out unnecessary treatments and changing their medication regimes withou…
To anybody who has 23&Me results: can you tell me if they are still reporting tongue rolling as a heritable trait on their reports?
To anybody who has 23&Me results: can you tell me if they are still reporting tongue rolling as a heritable trait on their reports?
Presumably you are aware this is a Myth of Human Genetics? http://snpedia.com/index.php/Myths_of_human_genetics
I'm asking because the 23&Me reports don't really include the contextual information to appreciate the subtlety of non-Mendelian traits. If people see this and come to the false conclusion, then they're likely to come to similar false conclusions abotu the parts of the report that touch on actual health-related issues.
To anybody who has 23&Me results: can you tell me if they are still reporting tongue rolling as a heritable trait on their reports?
I had it done around 2013 or 2014, and yes, that was in the report.