Researchers have reconstructed an ancient genome that is 10 times as old as any retrieved so far, and they now say that DNA should be recoverable from animals that lived…
ISG faculty Dr. Christopher Kelty co-edits the scholarly magazine, LIMN, devoted to outlining contemporary problems. For this issue, featuring ISG faculty Dr. Hannah Landecker, the topic is Sentinel Devices. Description: The polar…
A genetic similarity between snail fossils found in Ireland and the Eastern Pyrenees suggests humans migrated from southern Europe to Ireland 8,000 years ago. As Britain emerged from the end…
In recent months, three international teams have published papers comparing the genomes of dogs and wolves. On some matters — such as the types of genetic changes that make…
The study is published online and in the July print issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics. Senior author Dr. Jeffrey R. Gruen, professor of pediatrics, genetics, and investigative medicine…
Until recently, the most extensive genome-wide association study in the social sciences involved about 10,000 individuals. A new study detailed in this week’s Scienceexamines the genomes of about 100,000 people across fifteen…