News tagged with mammalian genome

Enzyme corrects more than one million faults in DNA replication

Scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM) at the University of Edinburgh have discovered an enzyme that corrects the most common mistake in mammalian DNA.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Study suggests why some animals live longer

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new method to detect proteins associated with longevity, which helps further our understanding into why some animals live longer ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Without second wave of brown fat, young mice can't live without mama

For all those who have wondered where they'd be without their mothers, a study reported in the February Cell Metabolism puts a whole new spin on the question. Mice whose mothers pass along a mutant copy of a single imprin ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Platypus helps shed new light on mammalian evolution

(PhysOrg.com) -- A large international study published today in Nature has revealed new insights into how the regulation of the entire genome has changed during mammalian evolution over the past 200 millio ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

'Dark matter' of the genome revealed through analysis of 29 mammals

An international team of researchers has discovered the vast majority of the so-called "dark matter" in the human genome, by means of a sweeping comparison of 29 mammalian genomes. The team, led by scientists from the Broad ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Invasion of genomic parasites triggered modern mammalian pregnancy

Genetic parasites invaded the mammalian genome more than 100 million years ago and dramatically changed the way mammals reproduce -- transforming the uterus in the ancestors of humans and other mammals from the production ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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Life-history traits may affect DNA mutation rates in males more than in females

For the first time, scientists have used large-scale DNA sequencing data to investigate a long-standing evolutionary assumption: DNA mutation rates are influenced by a set of species-specific life-history ...

Biology / Evolution

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New reagents for genomic engineering of mouse models to understand human disease

A new study published in Disease Models and Mechanisms, reports new tools for generating specifically targeted genetic mutations in bacteria, mammalian cells and mice. The new recombinase, Dre, is similar to its predecessor, Cre, b ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New cow genome sequence released

Scientists from the University of Maryland have published their assembly of the domestic cow (Bos taurus), an important new resource for the genetics community. The new version of the cow genome improves consid ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0