Table 1. Selected DTC-GT products from major providers in China.
|
Testing
method |
Company | Product | Feature |
Price per kit
(CNY) |
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| Ancestry | Physical traits | Health | Personality | Lifestyle recommen-dation | ||||
| Note: The data were collected (as of February 2022) from websites: WeGene, https://www.wegene.com/shop/ (last accessed February 11, 2022); 23mofang, https://www.23mofang.com/ (last accessed February 11, 2022); Gese, https://www.gesedna.com/ (last accessed February 11, 2022); Genebox, https://genebox.cn/ (last accessed February 11, 2022). Abbreviation: DTC-GT=direct-to-consumer genetic testing; SNP=single nucleotide polymorphisms; WGS=whole genome sequencing. | ||||||||
| SNP-chip genotyping | WeGene | Basic kit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 799 |
| 23mofang | Health/ancestry kit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 699 | |
| 23mofang | Ancestry kit | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | 499 | |
| Gese | Basic kit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 699 | |
| Genebox | Discovery kit | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | 199 | |
| Genebox | Expert kit | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | 699 | |
| WGS | WeGene | WGS regular kit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3,999 |
| WeGene | WGS youth kit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2,499 | |