What Can You Actually Learn from Your Genome?

Genetic tests can give you advice about what lifestyle, diet, and level of exercise are best for you. But you should take those suggestions with a grain of salt, because, when it comes to our bodies, our genes aren’t so much an open book, as the world’s biggest crossword puzzle. Skillshare is offering SciShow viewers two months of unlimited access to Skillshare for free! Try it here: skl.sh/scishow-14 SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org/ ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman. Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com/ Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/depression#genes ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/huntington-disease#genes ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/HBB#location ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/HTT#location ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/dtcgenetictesting/ancestryt… ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/hgp/genome report.nih.gov/nihfactsheets/ViewFactSheet.aspx?cs… www.biorxiv.org/node/84500.full www.genome.gov/19016904/faq-about-genetic-and-geno… www.genome.gov/pages/education/genetictimeline.pdf www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/huntingtons… www.nature.com/articles/265687a0 www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/i-took-batch-dn… www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2781197/pdf/C… www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4704942/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25282103 www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/sickle-cell-diseas… www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/02/01/51285… www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/01/22/579003429/… www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170706114559… www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627… www.sciencenews.org/article/health-dna-genetic-tes… www.sciencenews.org/article/review-genetic-tests-2… www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-much-of-hum… www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20180327/genetic-… www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/gene… www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2442111/ ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/VKORC1#location ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/testing/riskslimitations www.nature.com/articles/nature21039 ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/VKORC1#conditions ------- Images: tinyurl.com/y395ufd6 tinyurl.com/yyn6jqpd tinyurl.com/yycxxbyo tinyurl.com/y6xmnbyz tinyurl.com/y3xp9h5m commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huntington%27s_dis… commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1911_Sickle_Cells.… tinyurl.com/y6qvsrah tinyurl.com/yyu4cltg tinyurl.com/y2d3bs6z tinyurl.com/y3gn57sv commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BRCA_Genes.svg tinyurl.com/yxnl3y6r tinyurl.com/y6osxor4 tinyurl.com/y8orc4lb tinyurl.com/y3gpqphy tinyurl.com/y2zn53yt tinyurl.com/y5uthgrl tinyurl.com/yxf6zu39 tinyurl.com/y5lzrgn3 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Single_nucleotide_… tinyurl.com/y3n3y7mm

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