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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Myriad Genetics, Inc.
 
  We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form S-3 of our report dated August 9, 1996, on the consolidated financial
statements of Myriad Genetics, Inc. and subsidiary as of June 30, 1995 and
1996 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
June 30, 1996, included in Myriad Genetics, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended June 30, 1996, and to the reference to our Firm under the
headings "Selected Consolidated Financial Data" and "Experts" in this
Registration Statement on Form S-3.
 
                                          KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
 
Salt Lake City, Utah
November 14, 1996
