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Grim warning on climate change from ancient DNA (4/8/2008)

Grim warning on climate change from ancient DNAThe study of preserved ancient genetic material provides a "grim warning" about the potential impacts of climate change on our animal populations ...> Full Article


New route for heredity bypasses DNA (1/6/2008)

A group of scientists in Princeton's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology has uncovered a new biological mechanism that could provide a clearer window into a cell's inner workings. ...> Full Article


Epigenetic marks a clue to multiple functions of the brain (12/9/2007)

A team of scientists has catalogued chemical tags attached to more than 800 genes from 76 human brain samples and collected the first evidence of how these special, inherited epigenetic "marks" might account for different brain functions. The results appear in the December issue of The American Journal of Human Genetics. ...> Full Article


Scientists Map Imprinted Genes in Human Genome (12/4/2007)

Scientists at Duke University have created the first map of imprinted genes throughout the human genome, and they say a modern-day Rosetta stone – a form of artificial intelligence called machine learning – was the key to their success. ...> Full Article


New discoveries about pig evolution in East Asia (11/27/2007)

The research into the origins of domestic animals is of significance not only for understanding their development per se, but also for understanding the human society evolution. Although there are evidences to show that pigs were independently domesticated in multiple places throughout the world, the detailed scenario of the origin and dispersal of domestic pigs in East Asia remains unclear. ...> Full Article



Flip-Flopping Gene Expression Can Be Advantageous (11/22/2007)

Flip-Flopping Gene Expression Can Be AdvantageousOne gene for pea pod color generates green pods while a variant of that gene gives rise to the yellow-pod phenotype, a feature that helped Gregor Mendel, the 19th century Austrian priest and scientist, first describe genetic inheritance. However, many modern-day geneticists are focused on the strange ability of some genes to be expressed spontaneously in either of two possible ways. ...> Full Article



Research project on rice epigenetics using new techniques (9/11/2007)

Research project on rice epigenetics using new techniquesUsing a novel "deep sequencing" technology that can in one fell swoop decode 50 million sequences representing well over a billion bases of DNA, a research team led by University of Delaware scientists is working to unmask where, why and how certain genes are switched on or off in rice--a crop vital to the world's food supply. ...> Full Article


Pig study sheds new light on the colonisation of Europe by early farmers (9/5/2007)

Pig study sheds new light on the colonisation of Europe by early farmersAncient DNA harvested from pigs has allowed scientists, for the first time, to accurately determine the arrival of early farmers into Europe 11,000 years ago during the latter part of the Stone Age. ...> Full Article


Scientists Find Clue to Mechanisms of Gene Signaling and Regulation (8/24/2007)

Scientists Find Clue to Mechanisms of Gene Signaling and RegulationScientists have discovered a pattern in the DNA sequence of the mouse genome that may play a fundamental part in the way DNA molecules regulate gene expression. The research, led by Emory University scientists along with colleagues at Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany, will be published in the Aug. 22 Advance Online publication of the journal Nature. ...> Full Article


New Center Explores Influence Of Nature Versus Nurture On Genes (8/4/2007)

The age-old debate of nature versus nurture has a new twist: Scientists say the two N's may be so entwined that their influence on our genes combines to shape our health and development in ways we never imagined. ...> Full Article


What A Pregnant Mother Eats Makes Her Children More Susceptible To Disease (8/2/2007)

Experiments in animals have provided additional and tantalizing evidence that what a pregnant mother eats can make her offspring more susceptible to disease later in life. ...> Full Article


Nimblegen Systems Adds Dna Methlyation Arrays And Services To Growing Product Portfolio (5/16/2007)

NimbleGen Systems, Inc. announced today the addition of DNA methylation analysis microarrays and services to its growing suite of genomic and epigenetic analysis tools. In addition to microarray designs allowing researchers to survey whole genomes, promoter regions, CpG islands, and ENCODE-defined regions, researchers can customize the content of their arrays based on individual study goals. ...> Full Article


Pig study forces rethink of Pacific colonisation (3/17/2007)

A survey of wild and domestic pigs has caused archaeologists to reconsider both the origins of the first Pacific colonists and the migration routes humans travelled to reach the remote Pacific. ...> Full Article


Ghost in your genes (10/30/2006)

Scientists from several backgrounds have determined that if your grandparents suffered environmental exposure to toxins that it may have caused changes in your genes. ...> Full Article

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