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Identifying Personal Genomes by Surname Inference

17 Jan 2013

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Anonymity Compromised The balance between maintaining individual privacy and sharing genomic information for research purposes has been a topic of considerable controversy. Gymrek et al. (p. 321 ; see the Policy Forum by Rodriguez et al. ) demonstrate that the anonymity of participants (and their families) can be compromised by analyzing Y-chromosome sequences from public genetic genealogy Web sites that contain...

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PMID: 23329047
DOI: 10.1126/science.1229566

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