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DNA could reveal your surname

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created Oct 08, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (29) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the world-leading Department of Genetics at the University of Leicester – where the revolutionary technique of genetic fingerprinting was invented by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys- are developing ...





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Y chromosome and surname study challenges infidelity 'myth'

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created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Our surnames and genetic information are often strongly connected, according to a study funded by the Wellcome Trust. The research, published this week in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, may help genealogists create ...


Missing chromosome predicts brain tumor patients' response to treatment

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 18, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

People with a highly aggressive type of brain tumor who are missing a specific chromosome live longer and respond better to the chemotherapy drug temozolomide than people without this genetic abnormality, according to research ...


Study provides first genetic evidence of long-lived African presence within Britain

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created Jan 24, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0

New research has identified the first genetic evidence of Africans having lived amongst "indigenous" British people for centuries. Their descendants, living across the UK today, were unaware of their black ancestry.


Hotspots found for chromosome gene swapping

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created Nov 29, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Crossovers and double-strand DNA breaks do not occur randomly on yeast chromosomes during meiosis, but are greatly influenced by the proximity of the chromosome’s telomere, according to research in the laboratory of Whitehead ...


Potential genetic prostate cancer variation found

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have linked a common genetic variation to the development of prostate cancer, according to a study published Monday.


Researchers Clone and Engineer Bacterial Genomes in Yeast and Transplant Genomes Back into Bacterial Cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit genomic research organization, published results today describing new methods in which the entire bacterial genome from Mycoplasma mycoides was cloned ...


Coming together: tDNAs, RNA pol III and chromatid cohesion

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 02, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In the September 1st issue of G&D, Drs. Rudra Dubey and Marc Gartenberg (UMDNJ) reveal a surprising new role for tDNAs and RNA polymerase III-associated proteins in sister chromatid cohesion.


Study into ancestry of Thomas Jefferson shows rare class of DNA

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created Mar 28, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (34) | comments 0

DNA testing carried out by University of Leicester geneticists and funded by The Wellcome Trust has thrown new light on the ancestry of one of the USA’s most revered figures, the third President, Thomas Jefferson.


Nine new X chromosome genes associated with learning disabilities

Nine new X chromosome genes associated with learning disabilities

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created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A collaboration between more than 70 researchers across the globe has uncovered nine new genes on the X chromosome that, when knocked-out, lead to learning disabilities. The international ...


Researchers continue to find genes for type 1 diabetes

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 14, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetics researchers have identified two novel gene locations that raise the risk of type 1 diabetes. As they continue to reveal pieces of the complicated genetic puzzle for this disease, the researchers expect to improve ...



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