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Y chromosome is evolving faster than the X, primate study reveals
Live Science via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoFor instance, humans and chimpanzees share upwards of 98% of their DNA across the whole of the ...
Modern human DNA contains bits from all over the Neanderthal genome – except the Y chromosome. What...
The Conversation· 2 days agoGenetic studies are revealing ever more about the links between modern humans and these long-gone relatives – most recently that a rush of interbreeding between our species ...
Scary-sounding new virus in the news? Here are the questions you should ask - EconoTimes
EconoTimes· 5 hours agoEach of these recent cases was caused by a different strain of influenza virus. In each case, it was...
Bird flu is rampant in animals. Humans ignore it at our own peril
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAlong the way, people have been a kind of collateral damage. Humans can be infected, but we aren’t...
Human genome has Neanderthal genes but lacks its Y chromosome
Interesting Engineering· 19 hours agoBecause of that, the absence of this Neanderthal chromosome might provide a clue of some kind. The Y plays an important role in biological sex and male fertility, according to a study. While ...
Great Ape Research Reveals Y Chromosome Is Evolving Faster Than the X
SciTechDaily· 6 hours agoNew end-to-end X and Y chromosome sequences uncover enormous variation on the Y chromosome,...
AI’s Advent Doesn’t Spell Labor Doom and Gloom
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA small fern, Tmesipteris oblanceolata, from the island of New Caledonia was found to have the largest genome of any organism in the world. Apparently it...
Can we prevent a bird flu pandemic in humans?
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoA highly pathogenic subtype of avian influenza (or bird flu), known as H5N1 is spreading among animals worldwide. For the past couple of decades, global...
Ongoing E.coli outbreak – what has happened so far?
Press Association News via AOL· 1 day agoE. coli are a diverse group of bacteria found in the intestines of humans and animals. They are normally harmless, although some strains can make people...
Scientists identify the genetic 'switches' of bone growth
Medical Xpress· 4 days agoIn mammals, only 3% of the genome consists of coding genes which, when transcribed into proteins, ensure the biological functions of the organism and the in-utero development ...