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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>25 April is DNA day. On 25 April 1953, Crick and Watson announced the double helix structure of DNA partially based on the work of Rosalind Franklin’s X ray diffraction (no I do not want to debate who scooped whom.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The following is a useful timeline, cleverly disguised as an advertisement for 23andMe:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://visual.ly/human-genetics-highlights">http://visual.ly/human-genetics-highlights</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The database in 23andMe has surpassed 900k users, but I have noticed that Ancestry.com’s DNA database is growing at an average rate of 2 percent per week, so Ancestry.com at that rate will be in about September where 23andMe is now. Ancestry.com gives you more information in some ways, since the FDA stepped in and restricted 23andMe.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Details available on request.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>