Untangling the tree of life
Revealing hidden fungal species using DNA: The importance of recognizing cryptic diversity
Our ability to assess biological diversity, ecosystem health, ecological interactions, and a wide range of other important processes is largely dependent on accurately recognizing species. However, identifying ...
May 10, 2013
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Genes show one big European family
From Ireland to the Balkans, Europeans are basically one big family, closely related to one another for the past thousand years, according to a new study of the DNA of people from across the continent.
May 07, 2013
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The Black Sea is a goldmine of ancient genetic data: New study reconstructs the past ocean 'paleome'
When Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) marine paleoecologist Marco Coolen was mining through vast amounts of genetic data from the Black Sea sediment record, he was amazed about the variety of past ...
May 06, 2013
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New research constructs ant family tree
Sweet orange's parents and mechanism for producing vitamin C revealed in its draft genome sequence
The sweet orange, Citrus sinensis, has long dominated fruit production worldwide. Yet attempts to study this fruit's genetics and improve its desirable traits have proved difficult because it reproduces asexually ...
Apr 10, 2013
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Researchers uncover structure of new protein implicated in diabetes
(Phys.org) —Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in Orlando, Fla., recently determined ...
Apr 05, 2013
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New DNA test identifies ingredients in foods
Scientists at Mainz University develop a novel screening procedure for accurately determining the amount of animal, plant, and microbial substances in foods
Mar 27, 2013
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DNA says lemur lookalikes are two new species
Scientists have identified two new species of mouse lemur, the saucer-eyed, teacup-sized primates native to the African island of Madagascar.
Mar 26, 2013
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Genomic data are growing, but what do we really know?
"We live in the post-genomic era, when DNA sequence data is growing exponentially", says Miami University (Ohio) computational biologist Iddo Friedberg. "But for most of the genes that we identify, we have no idea of their ...
Mar 20, 2013
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DNA study clarifies relationship between polar bears and brown bears
At the end of the last ice age, a population of polar bears was stranded by the receding ice on a few islands in southeastern Alaska. Male brown bears swam across to the islands from the Alaskan mainland and ...
Mar 14, 2013
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Updating classifications to reflect monophyly
The move from a "traditional" to a "phylogenetic" classification of grasses (Poaceae) has resulted in 10% of species having their scientific name changed.
Mar 06, 2013
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Professor uses evolution, informatics to uncover secrets of the genome
Scientists develop Atlantic fish DNA database with possible conservation and seafood fraud implications
No need to prepare: New method to directly sequence small genomes without library preparation
(Phys.org)—For the first time, researchers sequenced DNA molecules without the need for the standard pre-sequencing workflow known as library preparation.
Dec 11, 2012
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