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Genes, pathways, variants, and product education
Product updates and plain-language guides migrated from the current Gene Inspector Pro blog.
Understanding Your Estrogen Genes: The Key Players in Hormone Health
Estrogen is one of the most important hormones in the human body, influencing everything from reproductive health to bone density, heart health, and even mood.
AlphaMissense and DANN Scores
Gene Inspector Pro now includes two new features for genetic analysis: AlphaMissense and DANN scores. They are designed to give you deeper insights into your genetic data and help you understand the potential impact of genetic variants.
SNP Arrays support and mtDNA Panel
What's New SNP Array Data Support - Now accepts "RAW data" files from popular direct-to-consumer genetic tests. You can upload your AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA, 23andMe, MyHeritage test results for analysis.
Essential Genes in Vitamin D Metabolism
Vitamin D metabolism represents a complex network of enzymatic reactions and regulatory pathways. The following is a comprehensive list of the key genes involved in human vitamin D
Understanding Splice Variants: Their Impact on Proteins and Health Risks
Imagine your genes as a recipe book, and your cells as chefs who can make different dishes from the same recipe by skipping or adding steps.
User Panels: Organize Your Genetic Analysis
Just shipped "User Panels" in Gene Inspector Pro, a powerful new feature that gives you complete control over how you organize and analyze genetic variants across your genome sequences.
Introducing Inheritance Tracking
Iām excited to announce a powerful new feature in Gene Inspector Pro that allows you to track the inheritance patterns of genetic variants .
Highlighted Variants
Gene Inspector now includes a feature that highlights well known variants, whether or not they are detected in the DNA. These highlighted mutations will be curated manually, so if
How to read the Gene page
Gene Information Most genes have both a short name and a full name. For instance, the short name (or gene code) for a gene is CBS, while the full name is Cystathionine beta Synthase.
What is a missense variant?
Today, I want to share a little bit about genetics and a term called "missense variant." Imagine our DNA š§¬ as a recipe book š that contains instructions for our body to function properly.