Episode 90 - Looking at Our DNA with 23andMe

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Episode 90 - Looking at Our DNA with 23andMe

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To prepare for this week's episode, Dale and Brian had to do some homework: spit into a tube. Carrying our DNA, this tube was mailed to 23andMe for analysis. Now that we have our results, we were able to talk with Emily Drabant - a research community manager (with a PhD in neuroscience) at 23andMe.
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