News tagged with genetic records

Dogs likely originated in the Middle East, new genetic data indicate

Dogs likely originated in the Middle East, not Asia or Europe, according to a new genetic analysis by an international team of scientists led by UCLA biologists. The research, funded by the National Science ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

UNSW students sequence genome of the Wollemi Pine

(PhysOrg.com) -- UNSW students have sequenced the chloroplast genome of the ancient Wollemi Pine - a world first that could reveal how a "dinosaur" of the tree kingdom survived 200 million years of shifting ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Molecular Decay of Enamel-Specific Gene in Toothless Mammals Supports Theory of Evolution

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists at the University of California, Riverside report new evidence for evolutionary change recorded in both the fossil record and the genomes (or genetic blueprints) of living organisms, ...

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 42

Of yeast and men: Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of Friedreich's ataxia

Researchers in human genetics have long known that expansions of GAA repeats - resulting in this nucleotide triplet repeating hundreds or thousands of times - cause the most common hereditary neurological disorder known as ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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