Peoples of North Africa - Ancestral origins
The Greeks called the inhabitants of North Africa Libyans. The Romans called them Mauritanians. Nowadays, a group of people belonging to a group of North African ethnic groups is known as Amaziges (or Berbers, more in disuse). Due to an adaptation of Spanish, this area is also known as Maghreb. [...]
Types of diabetes
In our body there is a constant control of the amount of glucose available to our body (blood glucose). This process is known as glucose homeostasis in which two very important hormones secreted by the pancreas are involved: insulin and glucagon. When glucose levels drop too low our body […]
ADNTRO 2021 - Summary of your journey with us
We would like to dedicate this small space to thank you for choosing us to navigate your genetic code and give you a brief tour of your DNATRO journey with the most important updates that we have been releasing over the last year, in all areas of our report. Remember, "Your DNA doesn't change, but progress [...]".
Golden rice: vitamin A food
Importance of vitamin A Vitamins belong to a group of foods known as micronutrients. Although the prefix "micro" means small, it has nothing to do with its importance, but with the amount that our body needs of these nutrients. Despite speaking of low amounts required, vitamin deficiency can have serious […]
Metabolism types according to your genetics
When we hear about metabolism, we automatically tend to think about issues related to the consumption of energy reserves and being overweight. The truth is that it is much more complex than that. The metabolism is very broad and includes numerous chemical reactions that occur in our body to acquire and use the energy we need in numerous functions, […]
GEDmatch - Platform for finding relatives
It is a free access genetic genealogy platform through which you can search and find relatives in its database (1.1 million individuals). This platform belongs to Verogen, a California forensic genomics company that collaborates with law enforcement by allowing them to access its database […]
Benefits of direct-to-consumer genetic testing
The field of genetics is a field that is constantly growing. It was around 1996 when genetics began to leave the clinical field (BRCA test) to enter the market offering direct-to-consumer genetic tests (DTC-GT). Thanks to technological advances, each time […]
The importance of genetic diversity
Formerly the upper classes, especially the kings, married each other in order to preserve their "pure" blood, strengthen the line of succession and maintain power in the family. What they did not know is that this "purity" conceived heirs with a high probability of suffering from diseases. Have you ever wondered why? […]
How to interpret the results of SNPedia?
SNPedia is a wiki of genetic variations. It contains information on the effects (phenotype) associated with genetic variations (genotype) allowing a quick and easy query about your SNPs. However, it is important to have some knowledge about the structure of DNA to correctly interpret the results of SNPedia. DNA is the carrier of information […]
Genetics of emotions
In this post you will discover if emotions are inherited, and what are the genes on which happiness depends.