Monday, November 7th, 2011
Most human populations are the product of a series of range expansions having occurred since modern humans left Africa some 50,000 years ago to colonize the rest of the world, but how have these processes influenced today's population diversity? An international research team led by Damian Labuda at the University ...
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Saturday, September 17th, 2011
The genome of even one organism is full of data. A new report, which adds to recent advances in sequencing capability, now reveals the complete genomes of 17 different strains of mice, creating an unmatched genetic catalogue that will help investigations varying from human disease to evolution...
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Friday, March 18th, 2011
A robust new phylogenetic tree resolves many long-standing issues in primate taxonomy. The genomes of living primates harbor remarkable differences in diversity and provide an intriguing context for interpreting human evolution. The phylogenetic analysis was conducted by international researchers to determine the origin, evolution, patterns of speciation, ...
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Monday, February 28th, 2011
New research in the FASEB Journal suggests that a gene called CMAH has been lost during the course of recent evolution, and may lead to an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes in humans As if the recent prediction that half of all Americans will have diabetes or pre-diabetes by ...
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Understanding how past climate may have influenced human evolution could be dramatically enhanced by an international cross-disciplinary research program to improve the sparse human fossil and incomplete climate records and examine the link between the two, says a new report from the National Research Council. Climate and fossil records ...
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