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KU to donate DNA for `genomic zoo'
Lawrence :: KS :: USA | about 10 hours ago
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The University of Kansas is donating fish tissue samples for an international effort to map the DNA of 10,000 animal species. The samples will come from the university's Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Institute, which has collected thousands...
Tags: Lawrence, Environment, Molecular biology, Genetics, DNA, Genome, Helices, Genetic mapping, Human Interest, Genomics
Corn's genetic blueprint holds keys
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility David Brown The Washington Post If a biologist had to pick one living thing as the textbook of how genes work, what would it be? Corn seems to be a good answer. Now the scientific world has at hand the complete genome sequence of corn, announced by...
Tags: Fort Wayne, Genetics, Transposon, Tropical agriculture, Barbara McClintock, Native American cuisine, MacArthur Fellows, Maize, Genome
Experts scan disease links with Chinese "gene map"
Hong Kong :: China | 7 days ago
Credibility A large analysis of the genes of 8,200 ethnic Chinese has revealed subtle genetic differences between inhabitants in northern China and southern China, and even between different Chinese dialect groups. Published in the American Journal of Human Genetics,...
Tags: China, Hong Kong, Health Medical Pharma, Chinese language, Autoimmune diseases, Autoimmunity, Connective tissue diseases, Genome, Genetics, Population genetics, Human genetics, Psoriasis, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Genetic mapping, Evolution, Genetic variation, Genomics
Scientists aim to unlock cocoa genome to safeguard worldwide cocoa crops from disease
Taipei :: Taiwan | 9 days ago
Credibility U.S. government scientists are launching a five-year project Thursday aimed at safeguarding the world's chocolate supply by dissecting the genome of the cocoa bean...Department of Agriculture team based in Miami, funded with more than $10 million from...
Tags: cocoa genome, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Taiwan, Taipei, Genome project, Genome, Hot chocolate, Agriculture, Chocolate, Cocoa, Cacao, Environment
Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers (Reuters)
Rome :: Italy | 12 days ago
Credibility An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum announced on Friday. The body parts, along with another finger and a vertebrae, were...
Tags: Galileo Galilei, Florence, Italy, Rome, Genetics, E-Science, Large Hadron Collider, Genome, Transposon, Environment, Genomics, Mobile genetic elements, Particle physics, Institute and Museum of the History of Science, Life of Galileo, Galileo, Galilei, Religion and science, Blind people, Human Interest, Pisa
Scientists map corn genome, reveal surprising secrets
New York City :: NY :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility If a biologist had to pick one living thing as the textbook of how genes work, what would it be? Corn seems to be a good answer. Now the scientific world has at hand the complete genome sequence of corn, announced by researchers who have collaborated...
Tags: genetic code, New York City, Toxicity, Fang, Waste, Hazardous waste, Panasonic, Technology Internet, Genetic mapping, Maize, Transposon, Genome, Gene duplication, Genetics, Genomics, Mobile genetic elements, Croc, Extra-vehicular activity, Human spaceflight, Manned spacecraft, Space Shuttle, Labor, Plant reproduction, Genome project, Human genome, Environment
California Company Offers Genome Sequencing on the Cheap [Genome]
Mountain View :: CA :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility The research company Complete Genomics has figured out a way to sequence the human genome for less than $5,000 in chemicals, making it seem more likely than ever that affordable genetic profiles will become a thing of the mainstream. Complete Genomics,...
Tags: genomics sequence, Complete Genomics, human genomics, Mountain View, Genome project, Genome, Human genome, DNA sequencing, Helicos Biosciences, Genomics, Illumina, Human Genome Project, Health Medical Pharma
World's Rich Spending $70G for Genome Sequences
New York :: NY :: USA | 18 days ago
Credibility World's Wealthiest Spending $70,000 Each for Personal Genome Sequences Saturday, November 14, 2009 Some of the world's wealthiest people are forking over $70,000 each for a computer drive containing their personal genome sequences, the Times of London...
Tags: genome sequences, personal genome, New York, Genomics, Genome, Business Finance, Universal Serial Bus, USB flash drive, Human genome, Genetic mapping, Genetics
Cancer research: an endless war?
Cancer research: another endless war? America’s longest war, the current conflict in Afghanistan, now in its eighth year, has cost far fewer lives and dollars than our country’s nearly forty year-long War on Cancer, begun by President...
Tags: cancer, Afghanistan, military surge, Cain, Abel, snowflake, genome, sequencing, gene
Speciation Through Genome Duplication More Common In Plant Evolution Than Previously Thought
Extra genomes appear, on average, to offer no benefit or disadvantage to plants, but still play a key role in the origin of new species, say scientists from Indiana University Bloomington and three other institutions in this week's Proceedings of the...
Tags: Genome, Duplication, Plant Evolution, extinct, allnews, technology
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