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Accessing your essays:
Log in to the ASHG portal through the button on the left side of the screen labeled "Login with ASHG". Your username is the email address associated with your membership
Select "My Reviewing Assignments" from the table on the left side of the screen
- Please read through each essay assigned to you and score them based on the provided rubric - you can find the rubric attached to each of your assigned essays
The goal of Round 2 is to identify the essays which should advance to Round 3 and potentially be awarded a winner or honorable mention prize. Your selection of essays was randomly assigned, and all essays were vetted for quality in Round 1.
Round 2 judging ends on Wednesday, April 1 at 5:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time.
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Essay Question:
Ancestry testing is a form of direct-to-consumer genetic testing designed to inform customers about their genetic ancestry. There are generally three types of ancestry testing: Y chromosome testing, mitochondrial DNA testing, and autosomal DNA testing. If a person did all three ancestry tests, what types of information could they learn about their genetic ancestry and how does this genetic ancestry information compare and contrast with their cultural heritage (family traditions, etc.)?
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