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Mosquito Bite Frequency
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Amy Victoria Jones published a paper in 2017 on genetics and mosquito bite frequency.
She is now Head of Clinical Genetics Strategy and Innovation at Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research in Cambridge UK.
This is her scientific paper with her co-authors listed with the title…
It shows genetic variants along the 23 chromosomes found to be associated with mosquito bites
23andMe use this research and others providing this explanation of how they derive their results
“For this analysis, we used survey responses and genetic data from more than 380,000 23andMe research participants of European descent.
We identified 285 genetic markers that were associated with mosquito bite frequency, bite itchiness, or bite size.
We used these markers together with non-genetic factors, specifically age and sex, to create a statistical model that predicts whether you would say you get bitten more or less often than people around you.
The model was further recalibrated to be more accurate when applied to people of African American, Hispanic or Latino, East Asian, Middle Eastern, and Ashkenazi Jewish descent using data from more than 420,000 23andMe research participants.
The full statistical model used to calculate your result (which includes genetics, age, and sex) has an R2 value of 6%.
For comparison, models including genetics alone or demographics alone (age and sex) have R2 values of 2% and 4%, respectively.”
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