Sunday, April 6, 2008

Nifty Tool to look at Human Y Genome

Wikipedia is set up with a page that lets you see the evolution of the Y chromosome and "point & click" to get information about specific variants of Y. What a great tool for "navigating" through human history.

I was annoyed by the The Genographic Project (funded by National Geographic) is a bit heavy handed with graphics & gadgets and forces you to traverse their (admittedly gorgeously illustrated) data in a structured manner. I prefer the anarchistic possibilities of the Wikipedia approach.

Here's the Wikipedia view of the Y chromosome distribution as of 1500 AD:

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