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Originally Posted by lynzy420  Pstinard, have you seen the results for yourself? Wondering if your sharing knowledge (thankful that you are) based on your studies or from the actual results that you have viewed? |
Hi Lynzy, I haven't seen Minnie's results for myself. I've read widely, though, and I looked at the sample results for purebred dogs that are posted on the Wisdom Panel website, so I know what to look for. I would LOVE to see Minnie's results, especially, the part where they compare her sample to other Purebred Yorkies in their database--that way we can see whether she falls in the middle of other Yorkies, or whether she is on the fringe, where something fishy is more likely to be going on. To me, the 90% accuracy means that Minnie is at least 90% Yorkie (and probably more). Truly, that's the best that any DNA genetic testing can offer right now. And the fact that Minnie's vet took the DNA sample means that it is less likely to be contaminated or degraded, and the accuracy is likely to be greater. If you look at MARS Inc.'s Facebook page (
https://www.facebook.com/DoggieDNA), they invite people to submit photos of their dogs along with the testing results for the public to view, so they have nothing to hide. They also get a number of people with questions about the results, and they answer every single post with a comment of how to contact them so they can answer their questions.