News tagged with population structure


First 'genetic map' of Han Chinese may aid search for disease susceptibility genes

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The first genetic historical map of the Han Chinese, the largest ethnic population in the world, as they migrated from south to north over evolutionary time. was published online today by the American Journal of Human Ge ...


Researchers gain fine-scale, genome-wide insights into patterns of human population structures around the world

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Through sophisticated statistical analyses and advanced computer simulations, researchers are learning more about the genomic patterns of human population structure around the world.





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Ancestry attracts, but love is blind

Biology / Other

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

People preferentially marry those with similar ancestry, but their decisions are not necessarily based on hair, eye or skin colour. Research, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology, shows that M ...


Darwin's mockingbirds DNA research may help species recovery

Darwin's mockingbirds DNA research may help species recovery

Biology / Evolution

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research could help protect the future of a rare bird in the Galapagos Islands that was an inspiration for Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, scientists report in a paper ...


New effort probes how two groups of viruses cause disease

New effort probes how two groups of viruses cause disease

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University is leading a team of researchers in a federally funded effort aimed ultimately at developing better vaccines and antiviral drugs against two types of disease-causing viruses ...


Antioxidant found in vegetables has implications for treating cystic fibrosis

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that a dietary antioxidant found in such vegetables as broccoli and cauliflower protects cells from damage caused by chemicals generated during the ...


Digital cloud may rise over London

Digital cloud may rise over London (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (9) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international group of artists, engineers and architects have proposed an enormous "digital cloud" to turn London's skyline into an overhead display of data and images.


Longevity tied to genes that preserve tips of chromosomes

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (20) | comments 0

A team led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has found a clear link between living to 100 and inheriting a hyperactive version of an enzyme that rebuilds telomeres - the tip ends ...


In the war between the sexes, the one with the closest fungal relationship wins

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The war between the sexes has been fought on many fronts throughout time -- from humans to birds to insects, the animal kingdom is replete with species involved in their own skirmishes. A recent study by Dr. Sarah Eppley ...


Unravelling the pathology of dementia

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Combination therapies to tackle multiple changes in the brain may be needed to combat the growing problem of dementia in ageing societies, according to a study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. The st ...


Studies show marine reserves can be an effective tool for managing fisheries

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Studies conducted in California and elsewhere provide support for the use of marine reserves as a tool for managing fisheries and protecting marine habitats, according to biologists at the University of California, Santa ...


GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard

GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists hope to improve the survival odds of the endangered snow leopard in Nepal by venturing into the remote Himalayas to study its main prey, the Bharal or blue sheep.



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