Comments on: GenePartner: Genetic Dating? http://scienceroll.com/2008/07/22/genepartner-genetic-dating/ A doctor's journey in genetics PhD and medicine through web 2.0 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:32:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: casey http://scienceroll.com/2008/07/22/genepartner-genetic-dating/#comment-36075 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:33:34 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/?p=2152#comment-36075 This is cool for those people who date online. You can find out everything else before you meet. But the personal chemistry is the part you only know if you meet in person…or if you do this test. And for some online daters meeting in person is not something you just want to rush into with just anyone.

]]> By: lin http://scienceroll.com/2008/07/22/genepartner-genetic-dating/#comment-36070 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:15:34 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/?p=2152#comment-36070 Wow. Unbelievable! How can they be sure to do the match? Any successful stories?

]]> By: pomegranite http://scienceroll.com/2008/07/22/genepartner-genetic-dating/#comment-36053 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:37:24 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/?p=2152#comment-36053 Studies of humans and other animals infer a heterozygous selection mechanism operating on these loci as an explanation for this exceptional variability.[8] One credible mechanism is sexual selection in which females are able to detect males with different HLA relative to their own type.[9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_leukocyte_antigen

http://snipurl.com/332pa

if this is true, why use a consumer service to do what we do “naturally,” sniff out diverse sexual partners for a higher probability of genetic survival and propagation? what is an “accurate prediction of the strength of their basis for a long-lasting and fulfilling romantic relationship” exactly? accurate? romantic? GENETIC? most importantly, can you get a full refund when your accurate “prediction” is dead wrong? genetic counseling is extremely useful to already compatible couples hoping to understand the genetic “prediction” accurate or not, for their future offspring. sometimes, it leads to a high divorce rate but romance is not a genetically predictable commodity. yes, what will they “think” of next!

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