View Larger Version The technology that personal genomics companies use does not read the sequence of genetic code letter by letter. Instead, the machines look for single-letter variations at specific locations. From a person’s vial of spit, DNA is extracted from cells. The gene chip takes it from there. Credit: Illumina; image courtesy of Affymetrix; The Broad Institute; 23andme

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