References on DNA testing, and related topics

I've recently read a couple of books on genetic testing, and related topics. While they do not answer all my questions, they seem to be pretty reasonable:

(1) Trace Your Roots with DNA by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak (this is her name and not a typo) and Ann Turner.

Still in print @ $16.95

(2) The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey by Spencer Wells

Spencer Wells is the person involved with the Genographics Project (National Geographic). This book is about population migration, more of a "deep ancestry" approach. It would be useful to read this and watch the National Geographic video (watch the video first).

Still in print at $14.95.

I ordered both of them from an online bookstore, none of the brick & mortar stores had them.

I'm still looking for something that does an in-depth description of haplo types.

I don't have a recommendation on a book but some very good websites with
very smart and knowledgeable people are the following -

http://dienekes.blogspot.com/
http://dna-forums.org/
http://www.eupedia.com/europe/origins_haplogroups_europe.shtml
http://www.eupedia.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?201-Genetics-amp-Anthropo…

Every year there are changes and additions to the the haplogroups. The
current haplogroups and subclades can be seen at
http://www.isogg.org/tree/index.html

The books you mentioned will have outdated info, and maybe even biased, so
keep that in mind when reading them. There are currently many studies that
will bring to light a lot more info, changes, and additions. The forums from
the above websites include many good arguments that should be read to
understand how many details aren't fully agreed upon yet.

Wikipedia has been updated with these changes and include links to the
source info and studies so it will have a lot of good material but the
previous mentioned websites should be kept in mind, especially when there
are critiques of the studies like the ones presented by Dienekes.

Armando

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 1:39 PM, wrote:

> I've recently read a couple of books on genetic testing, and related
> topics. While they do not answer all my questions, they seem to be pretty
> reasonable:
>
> (1) Trace Your Roots with DNA by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak (this is her
> name and not a typo) and Ann Turner.
>
> Copyright 2004, so perhaps a little dated, but still a reasonable
> discussion of what DNA testing can do.
>
> Still in print @ $16.95
>
> (2) The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey by Spencer Wells
>
> Copyright 2002, also perhaps a little dated.
>
> Spencer Wells is the person involved with the Genographics Project
> (National Geographic). This book is about population migration, more of a
> "deep ancestry" approach. It would be useful to read this and watch the
> National Geographic video (watch the video first).
>
> Still in print at $14.95.
>
> I ordered both of them from an online bookstore, none of the brick & mortar
> stores had them.
>
> I'm still looking for something that does an in-depth description of haplo
> types.