Genetic Archaeology News - July 2008 Archives
A new study of DNA from ancient and modern chickens has shed light on the controversy about the extent of pre-historic Polynesian contact with the Americas.
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Genetic evolution is strongly shaped by genes' efforts to prevent or tolerate errors in the production of proteins
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Scientists have found evidence that our ancestors fought back against virus with a defense mechanism our bodies still use today
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 | Researchers have identified the mutation causing horse to be white in color and can be traced back to a common ancestor that lived thousands of years ago ...> Full Article |
A team of researchers has developed a new theory, which suggests that life may not always be optimal, at least in the long run.
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Researchers describe how bacteria morph into new forms and in doing so provide a glimpse of what the earliest forms of life on Earth may have looked like.
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 | A large-scale genetic study of native North Americans offers new insights into the migration of a small group of Athapaskan natives from their subarctic home in northwest North America to the southwestern United States ...> Full Article |
Six-thousand year old bones excavated in Jericho may help a joint Israeli-Palestinian-German research group combat tuberculosis.
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 | Researchers have identified the genetic basis for black coat color, and white, in a breed of domestic sheep. ...> Full Article |
Study implicates several genes involved in helping the brain learn from experience
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Research suggests that the tuberculosis migrated from humans to cattle -- not the reverse, as has long been assumed
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 | >When it comes to cellular communication networks, a primitive single-celled microbe that answers to the name of Monosiga brevicollis has a leg up on animals composed of billions of cells. It commands a signaling network more elaborate and diverse than found in any multicellular organism higher up on the evolutionary tree ...> Full Article |
Scientists have discovered two common genetic mutations in people of European ancestry, which affect the production of several hormones controlling our appetite
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 | New genome research provides insights and raises new questions about how multi-cellular organisms evolved ...> Full Article |
Hunting for drought tolerance genes in ancient Andean landraces
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Scientists discover 'catastrophic event' behind the halt of star birth in early galaxy formation
Fish can recognize a face based on UV pattern alone
'Anaconda' meets 'Jurassic Park': Study shows ancient snakes ate dinosaur babies
Scientists locate apparent hydrothermal vents off Antarctica
Artificial bee silk a big step closer to reality
Predicting the fate of stem cells
Artificial foot recycles energy for easier walking
New fiber nanogenerators could lead to electric clothing
What drives our genes? Researchers map the first complete human epigenome
Juggling enhances connections in the brain
Tracking down the human 'odorprint'
Fill 'er up - with algae
Scientists discover quantum fingerprints of chaos
Researchers help identify cows that gain more while eating less
Fungi can change quickly, pass along infectious ability
Dogs likely originated in the Middle East, new genetic data indicate
Molecular study could push back angiosperm origins
Phylogenetic analysis of Mexican cave scorpions suggests adaptation to caves is reversable
Scientific breakthrough in genetic studies of animal domestication
Scientists discover 600 million-year-old origins of vision
Unselfish molecules may have helped give birth to the genetic material of life
Exploring Echinacea's enigmatic origins
Lizard moms choose the right genes for the right gender offspring
Modern man found to be generally monogamous, moderately polygamous