On Sunday, May 29, 2016 at 11:32:57 AM UTC-7, Stewart Baldwin via wrote: > Today, I noticed the following study claiming that the strain of face > mites in our bodies depends on our ancestry. > > http://www.pnas.org/content/112/52/15958.full.pdf > > So, are the DNA genealogy companies going to start offering face mite > DNA tests? :-) This is just the latest of several 'companions' that have such a relationship - for example it has already been determined that this is the case with certain gut bacteria. taf

On 30/05/2016 6:00 AM, taf via wrote: > On Sunday, May 29, 2016 at 11:32:57 AM UTC-7, Stewart Baldwin via wrote: >> Today, I noticed the following study claiming that the strain of face >> mites in our bodies depends on our ancestry. >> >> http://www.pnas.org/content/112/52/15958.full.pdf >> >> So, are the DNA genealogy companies going to start offering face mite >> DNA tests? :-) > This is just the latest of several 'companions' that have such a relationship - for example it has already been determined that this is the case with certain gut bacteria. > > Eek - so if you don't like your ancestry you can have bacteriotherapy to change it? Peter Stewart