Ancestry.com Uses Quest as Its Reference Lab for DNA Testing

I have wondered on occasion which reference lab was performing the DNA testing for consumer genealogy/genomic web sites likeAncestryDNA.com and23andMe. Part of the answer was recently revealed by theDark Daily (see:AncestryDNA Collaborates with Quest Diagnostics to Provide Home DNA Testing to Healthcare Consumers). Below is an excerpt from the article:Did you ever wonder which lab does all the genetic testing for Ancestry as it offers to help consumers learn more about their family histories?....[I]t isQuest Diagnostics...,one of the world ’s largest clinical laboratory companies—that does the genetic sequencing on the consumer samples provided to it by Ancestry....[T]he number of individual samples in the Ancestry repository and database is now four million, according to information on its website. AncestryDNA (Ancestry) and Quest Diagnostics (Quest) now collaborate to help consumers learn about their family histories and unlock secrets in their DNA. Since August of 2016, Quest has performed the genomic testing for home DNA kits ordered through Ancestrydna.com....To utilize the AncestryDNA service, consumers must first order a DNA kit online through the Ancestry website. The cost of the kit is $[79]....The DNA test uses microarray-based autosomal DNA testing, analyzing as many as 700,000 changes in an individual ’s genome....[Ancestry.com] maintains...[that the company does] not claim ownership rights to DNA submitted to them for testing, and that they do n...
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