Genographic Project
Citizen science project
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| July 2020 | The Genographic Project website was officially retired. |
| May 31 2019 | Sales of the Genographic Project were discontinued, marking the end of the citizen science project after nearly 14 years of genetic research and participant data collection. |
| March 2019 | The Genographic Project announced it was ending, with project results to remain available online until 2020. |
| September 2015 | Miguel Vilar took over leadership of the Genographic Project from Spencer Wells. |
| August 2015 | A new chip was designed as a joint effort between Miguel Vilar, the Genographic Lead Scientist, and Family Tree DNA. |
| 2013 | Spencer Wells delivered a speech to the Southern California Genealogical Society, highlighting the project's pioneering approach to citizen science and DNA testing, emphasizing how the project involves the public in expanding knowledge of human population history. |
| September 2012 | The Genographic Project announced the completion of GenoChip, a new genotyping array specifically designed for anthropological testing. The chip was a collaborative effort between Spencer Wells, Eran Elhaik, Family Tree DNA, and Illumina, and included SNPs from autosomal, X-chromosome, Y-chromosome, and mitochondrial DNA. |
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