noodls
17 May 2013
Genetics student explores possibilities ... During his sophomore year, Marin worked in a population genetics lab, examining populations of chimpanzees and bonobos at the genetic level to understand their evolutionary history and the 1 percent genetic variation that separates humans from chimpanzees ... For a tenacious 20-year-old who's majoring in genetics ......(size: 6.8Kb)
The Guardian
15 May 2013
In addition to research into evolution and population genetics, and conservation biology applications, what can we learn from the scarlet macaw's genome? First, even though birds have higher metabolisms than mammals, they enjoy much longer life spans than do mammals with the same body mass ... a useful art, Human Molecular Genetics, 7 (10) 1619-1626....(size: 8.8Kb)
noodls
15 May 2013
... grow their populations to preserve Florida's wildlife legacy for future generations ... Installing additional mooring buoys, so boats do not need to drop anchor near reefs, is one of the suggested conservation actions to protect pillar coral, along with additional research to assess pillar coral population, genetic diversity and reproductive potential....(size: 5.0Kb)
noodls
10 May 2013
A research group led by Manel Esteller, ICREA researcher, professor of Genetics at the UB and head of Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program at Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), has described alterations in long non-coding RNA sequences (lncRNA) in Rett syndrome ... Esteller's research group works with a mouse model which faithfully reproduces the characteristics of human Rett syndrome....(size: 3.3Kb)
Stuff
08 May 2013
The findings indicate that there was a steady flow of genetic material between countries as far apart as Turkey and Britain, or Poland and Portugal, even after the great population movements of the first millennium AD such as the Saxon and Viking invasions of Britain, and the westward drive of the Huns and Slavic peoples....(size: 4.1Kb)
Jakarta Post
08 May 2013
The findings indicate that there was a steady flow of genetic material between countries as far apart as Turkey and Britain, or Poland and Portugal, even after the great population movements of the first millennium A.D ... "So for example Jewish and non-Jewish populations in the Middle East are extremely similar genetically, but to tell them they are genetic close relatives isn't going to change their ways."....(size: 4.2Kb)
Taipei Times
08 May 2013
The results confirm decade-old mathematical models, but will ... “The basic idea that we’re all related much more recently than one might think has been around for a while, but it is not widely appreciated, and still quite surprising to many people, even scientists working in population genetics, including ourselves,” they said in an e-mail....(size: 3.1Kb)
Zeenews
08 May 2013
Drawing on the Population Reference Sample (POPRES) database, a resource for population and genetics research, they compared genetic sequences from more than 2,000 individuals. As expected, Coop and Ralph found that the degree of genetic relatedness between two people tends to be smaller the farther apart they live ... However, Coop noted that while studies of genetic ancestry can shed light on history, they do not tell the whole story....(size: 3.4Kb)
San Francisco Chronicle
08 May 2013
Researchers at the Center for Computational, Evolutionary and Human Genomics and the Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine will use the RTG platform as a component in their genome analysis framework to accelerate numerous ongoing population genetics and clinical research projects ... basic and translational genetics research.”....(size: 3.3Kb)
The Guardian
08 May 2013
From the perspective of our research, what is important is that there are trends in the population that we can identify, and these trends may provide some new insights into human evolution ... A Reappraisal Based on a Worldwide Population Genetics Perspective, PLoS ONE, 8 (1) e52317....(size: 13.4Kb)
Seattle Post
07 May 2013
The findings indicate that there was a steady flow of genetic material between countries as far apart as Turkey and Britain, or Poland and Portugal, even after the great population movements of the first millennium A.D ... "So for example Jewish and non-Jewish populations in the Middle East are extremely similar genetically, but to tell them they are genetic close relatives isn't going to change their ways."....(size: 4.2Kb)
photo: GFDL / Richard Wheeler
07 May 2013
The findings indicate that there was a steady flow of genetic material between countries as far apart as Turkey and Britain, or Poland and Portugal, even after the great population movements of the first millennium A.D ... “So for example Jewish and non-Jewish populations in the Middle East are extremely similar genetically, but to tell them they are genetic close relatives isn’t going to change their ways.”....(size: 6.0Kb)
noodls
07 May 2013
Drawing on the Population Reference Sample (POPRES) database, a resource for population and genetics research, they compared genetic sequences from more than 2,000 individuals. As expected, Coop and Ralph found that the degree of genetic relatedness between two people tends to be smaller the farther apart they live ... However, Coop noted that while studies of genetic ancestry can shed light on history, they do not tell the whole story....(size: 4.5Kb)
noodls
06 May 2013
The Society has acknowledged how Professor Simpson's "seminal work on locust swarming has provided a unifying framework, ranging from chemical events in nervous systems of individual insects to mass migration, using techniques from molecular biology, population genetics, neurophysiology, biochemistry, behaviour, biomathematics, statistical ......(size: 3.5Kb)
PhysOrg
05 May 2013
The study appears online May 5, 2013 in Nature Genetics ... The genetic composition of the new population is very similar to the original one, except for a few genes that were directly affected by the vaccine ... "The widespread use of whole genome sequencing will allow better surveillance of bacterial populations—even those that are genetically diverse—and improve understanding of their evolution," said Lipsitch....(size: 2.6Kb)
noodls
02 May 2013
Researchers examined the genomes of tumor specimens from 200 adult cases of spontaneously occurring, newly diagnosed AML. These cases represented all of the known subtypes of AML in approximately the same proportion as the general population ... They also further refine our understanding of the importance of individual mutations for disease classification and prognostication, and will help us build better disease models."....(size: 8.4Kb)
San Francisco Chronicle
01 May 2013
Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit genomic research institute, aimed at understanding and analyzing the genetic changes that induced pluripotent stem cells may acquire during the process of differentiation ... These mutations might affect how iPSCs behave as disease models and could limit the therapeutic use of these cells, but there are ......(size: 3.8Kb)
noodls
30 Apr 2013
(Source. IAS - International AIDS Society) ... If this association holds true with high statistical probability in further studies and in other populations, a genetic test could be performed before a person starts nevirapine, as is done to identify people who will have a hypersensitivity reaction to abacavir. Source ... Association of human leukocyte antigen alleles and nevirapine hypersensitivity in a Malawian HIV-infected population ... (noodl....(size: 3.2Kb)
The Examiner
29 Apr 2013
A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Agronomy for Sustainable Development concludes that genetically modified (GM) crops have little use when it comes to feeding a growing world. In fact, the authors of the study conclude, GM crops are hampering efforts to sustainably feed the world by jeopardizing existing biological and genetic diversity....(size: 5.8Kb)
Newstrack India
29 Apr 2013
These achievements shed new light on the origin of turtles and applied the classical evo-devo model to explain the developmental process of their unique body plan ... By integrating RNA-seq technology, comparative genomics method, and mathematical statistical approaches, researchers confirmed GXP divergence during embryogenesis of soft-shell turtle and chicken indeed follows the developmental hourglass model....(size: 3.9Kb)
