Thousands of Genes Influence Most Diseases
In a provocative new perspective piece, Stanford researchers say that disease genes are spread uniformly across the genome, not clustered in specific molecular pathways, as has been thought. The gene…
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Scythian Horse Breeding Unveiled: Lessons for Animal Domestication
Nomad Scythian herders roamed vast areas spanning the Central Asian steppes during the Iron Age, approximately from the 9th to the 1st century BCE (Before Common Era). These livestock pastoralists,…
Scientists Assemble Zika Virus Mosquito Genome From Scratch
A team spanning Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, Texas Children’s Hospital and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has developed a new way to sequence genomes, which can…
Seahorses are Weird, and Their Genome Knows Why
Male pregnancy. A long, tube-shaped mouth with no teeth. A body covered with bony plates. These are the odd, quintessential features of seahorses, but why? Scientists dove into this question…
Decoding of Tarsier Genome Reveals Ties to Humans
Small enough to fit into the palm of your hand, with enormous eyes and an appetite for meat, tarsiers are an anomaly of nature. They are also our distant cousins,…
DNA Database Brings Scientists Closer to Pinpointing Genes for Disease
Scientists say they are closer to pinning down the genetic causes of inherited diseases ranging from muscular dystrophy to certain types of heart disease after analysing the DNA of more…