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Resequencing 50 accessions of rice cast new light on molecular breeding

BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, announced that a study on resequencing 50 accessions of cultivated and wild rice was published online today in Nature Biotechnology. The study provides one of the largest genome ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 11, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study shows humans still evolving

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides evidence of human evolution and rapid genetic changes suggesting that, contrary to modern claims, technological and cu ...

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (21) | comments 57 | with audio podcast report

As super-predators, humans reshape their prey at super-natural speeds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fishing and hunting are having broad, swift impacts on the body size and reproductive abilities of fish and other commercially harvested species, potentially jeopardizing the ability of entire ...

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created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (14) | comments 9