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10 unexpected ways Neanderthal DNA affects our health
LiveScience· 6 hours agoThere, they encountered our closest, now-extinct human relatives — the Neanderthals. Today, we can...
'More Neanderthal than human': How your health may depend on DNA from our long-lost ancestors
LiveScience· 6 hours agoThere, these people would likely have encountered their distant cousins: Neanderthals. "In some...
Optical genome mapping unveils hidden structural variants in neurodevelopmental disorders -...
Nature· 2 days agoWhile short-read sequencing currently dominates genetic research and diagnostics, it frequently falls short of capturing certain structural variants (SVs), which are often implicated in the ...
Revolutionary Genetics Research Shows RNA May Rule Our Genome - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoIn 2012 the geneticist, now at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York State, was one of a few hundred colleagues...human DNA functions. About a decade earlier almost all ...
Hurricane Katrina victim identified nearly 2 decades after storm pounded Gulf Coast
WLTX-TV Columbia· 1 day agoAs far as her family knew, Jackson's body was never found. The company routinely partners with law...
IndieBio's SF incubator lineup is making some wild biotech promises
TechCrunch· 5 hours agoIndieBio's Bay Area incubator is about to debut its 15th cohort of biotech startups. "With Stream,...
The mystery of the disappearing Neanderthal Y chromosome
LiveScience· 6 hours agoThis has left a telltale signature in the genomes of modern humans today, and this Neanderthal DNA...
Two Genetic Loci Control Migration Direction in a Small Bird Species
The Scientist· 2 days agoIn the cold forests of Scandinavia, scientists are uncovering the mysteries of bird migration....
34-year-old cold case solved by DNA analysis of body found in Chesterfield County
WRIC 8 News Richmond· 3 days agoThe Chesterfield County Police Department has identified the remains of a man that were found in...
Humans Are Driving a New Kind of Evolution in Animals
Scientific American· 3 days agoThe peppered moth is an iconic example of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection....