“GENETICS is about to get personal.” So proclaims the website of , a Californian company that is gearing up to offer people a guided tour of their own DNA. For the superstars of genetics, it has already got personal. Earlier this week, genomics pioneer Craig Venter revealed an almost complete sequence of his genome, while that of , co-discoverer of DNA’s double-helix structure, has been available on the web since late June.
Given that Watson’s genome took almost $1 million to read, most of us won’t immediately be following in his and Venter’s footsteps. It isn’t necessary to read your entire genome, however, to browse…
