Talk:Genetic testing
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Page title: "DNA testing" or "Genetic testing"?[edit | edit source]
Maybe the page should be moved to "Genetic testing" as a more familiar term? (The Wikipedia article on this topic uses this term, and describes "DNA testing" as a synonym.) -- Madprime (talk) 22:09, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
- I think moving to Genetic testing sounds good, as it's indeed a more familiar term. - Gedankenstuecke (talk) 08:27, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
- OK, done! Yes, I left a redirect for DNA testing đ - Madprime (talk) 17:19, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
Microbiome analyses[edit | edit source]
I was about to start adding some content on microbiome analyses to this article, but then I wondered whether we think it's the right place. It's a kind of genetic testing, even if it's conceptually different from the own genome. How do people feel about it? Putting it into this article (at least for now) or making a separate article from the start? - Gedankenstuecke (talk) 08:27, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
- Although "yes microbiome analysis is also DNA", I think "genetic testing" and "DNA testing" are almost universally used to refer to the individual organism's genome (typically human đ) rather than genetic material of associated microbiota (or viruses, for that matter). I think it would be better to have a separate page, possibly including a link via a "hatnote" (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:For). - Madprime (talk) 17:19, 2 March 2022 (UTC)