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Pet DNA testing company in doghouse after identifying human as canine

www.theguardian.com Pet DNA testing company in doghouse after identifying human as canine

DNA My Dog received human genetic sample and identified it as a malamute, shar-pei and labrador, according to news station

Pet DNA testing company in doghouse after identifying human as canine

DNA My Dog received human genetic sample and identified it as a malamute, shar-pei and labrador, according to news station

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https://xkcd.com/1706/
Humans and dogs share 95% of DNA, so I actually think there's a legitimate argument that their statistical model can accurately identify dogs while throwing out junk results for humans because the mismatch basically turns into random noise.
- It could have, if they had bothered to actually implement that check.
  
  The company exists for reasons of short term profits though, so... why should/would they?
  
  Should they have to implement that check? If you use a service improperly it's not surprising that you'd get incorrect results. Now maybe they had an inconclusivity parameter that they hid because they didn't want to have to give refunds to those customers, in which case that would be a problem.
I knew she shouldn't of let her dog lick her face

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