DNA from ancient aboriginal Australian remains enables their repatriation
For many decades, Aboriginal Australians have campaigned for the return of ancestral remains that continue to be stored in museums worldwide.
For many decades, Aboriginal Australians have campaigned for the return of ancestral remains that continue to be stored in museums worldwide.
Archaeology
Dec 20, 2018
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For decades, mitochondrial DNA analysis has been the dominant method used to make decisions about fishing quotas, culling, hunting quotas, or translocating animals from one population of a threatened species to another.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 15, 2018
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Researchers from the University of Seville at the Andalusian Centre for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine have discovered that in eukaryotic cells, the proximity of the genes to the pores in the nuclear membrane ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 17, 2017
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A study of the DNA in ancient skeletal remains adds to the evidence that indigenous groups living today in southern Alaska and the western coast of British Columbia are descendants of the first humans to make their home in ...
Archaeology
Apr 4, 2017
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In a new study, researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science examined how the interaction of two genomes in animal cells—the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes—interact ...
Biotechnology
Apr 4, 2017
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The University of Illinois and University of Puerto Rico have completely sequenced the mitochondrial genome for the Hispaniolan solenodon, filling in the last major branch of placental mammals on the tree of life.
Archaeology
May 2, 2016
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To fully understand a plant's nuclear genome, scientists must also study two other genomes found within plant cells—-in the "powerhouse" mitochondria and in the photosynthesizing chloroplast organelles. Researchers from ...
Biotechnology
Nov 11, 2015
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The ancestry of domesticated cattle proves more complex than previously thought, reports a paper published today in the open access journal Genome Biology. The first nuclear genome sequence from an ancient wild ox reveals ...
Biotechnology
Oct 26, 2015
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A new study from researchers at Uppsala University shows that variation in genome size may be much more important than previously believed. It is clear that, at least sometimes, a large genome is a good genome.
Biotechnology
Sep 14, 2015
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It sounds like science fiction to suggest that every cell in the human body is occupied by a tiny genome-equipped organelle, with which we exist in symbiosis. But in actuality, eukaryotic life is dependent on mitochondria, ...