News tagged with dna studies

DNA traces cattle back to a small herd domesticated around 10,500 years ago

All cattle are descended from as few as 80 animals that were domesticated from wild ox in the Near East some 10,500 years ago, according to a new genetic study.

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Analyzing complex plant genomes with the newest next-generation DNA sequencing techniques

Genomes are catalogs of hereditary information that determine whether an organism becomes a plant, animal, fungus or microbe, and whether the organism is adapted to its surroundings. Determining the sequence ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers develop systematic approach for accurate DNA sequence reconstruction

Researchers at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have, for the very first time, developed a computational tool that comes with a guarantee on its reliability when reconstructing the DNA sequence of organisms, thus enabling ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physicists say nanoparticle assembly is like building with LEGOs

New processes that allow nanoparticles to assemble themselves into designer materials could solve some of today's technology challenges, Alex Travesset of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory reports ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aboriginal Australians were the first explorers: Genome study rewrites the history books

An international team of researchers has for the first time sequenced the genome of a man who was an Aboriginal Australian. They have shown that modern day Aboriginal Australians are the direct descendents ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

DNA study suggests Asia was settled in multiple waves of migration

An international team of researchers studying DNA patterns from modern and archaic humans has uncovered new clues about the movement and intermixing of populations more than 40,000 years ago in Asia.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ancient wild horses help unlock past

An international team of researchers has used ancient DNA to produce compelling evidence that the lack of genetic diversity in modern stallions is the result of the domestication process.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic factor in osteoporosis discovered

Spanish researchers have confirmed there is a genetic risk factor for osteoporosis and bone fractures. Although more studies are still needed, these findings will make it possible to take preventive measures.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Whale-sized genetic study largest ever for southern hemisphere humpbacks

After 15 years of research in the waters of the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural History, and an international coalition of ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists present the largest-to-date genetic snapshot of Iceland 1,000 years ago

Scientists at deCODE genetics have completed the largest study of ancient DNA from a single population ever undertaken. Analyzing mitochondrial DNA, which is passed from mother to offspring, from 68 skeletal remains, the ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0


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