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Y chromosomes of Neanderthals and Denisovans now sequenced

. 1997, the very first Neanderthal DNA sequence just a... to yield sufficient amounts of DNA have been from female... and also the maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA, have been extremely...
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How Neanderthals lost their Y chromosome

... problem was the dearth of DNA from men Of the dozen Neanderthals whose DNA has been sequenced so.. is from women, as the DNA in male Neanderthal fossils... of...
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Hidden immune weakness found in 14% of gravely ill COVID-19 patients

... SARS CoV 2 infection. The team sequenced DNA from 659 critically ill......
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Structural biology: Ribosomes and Russian dolls

... genetic information encoded in the DNA, is perhaps the most... complex that is involved in DNA repair, and traced the......
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A cheaper, faster COVID-19 test

... simplifies the production of large DNA molecules containing many hundreds......
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COVID-19 mortality rates higher among men than women

... ... Oct. 9, 2018 — DNA from people who suffer......
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ADHD study reveals unique genetic differences in African American patients

... coding regions, or regions of DNA or RNA that code......
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Researchers find new way to protect plants from fungal infection

... purines, the building blocks of DNA or RNA, explains plant......
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Physical and cognitive function have improved meaningfully in 30 years

... ... Oct. 9, 2018 — DNA from people who suffer......
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Your cells look young for their age, compared to a chimp s

... in chemical changes along the DNA within our cells that... activity without altering the underlying DNA sequence actually change... that certain sites along our DNA gain or lose...
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Cellular compass guides stem cell division in plants

... even though they contain identical DNA. An obvious question then... that the nucleus the DNA containing control center in the......
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Smoking linked to bleeding in the brain in large, long-term study of twins

... factors influencing chemical modifications to DNA across the genome. Researchers......
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New cause of syndromic microcephaly identified

... 2017 — RNA joins with DNA by chance or because... altered, causing breaks in the DNA, report investigators. Gene ......
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Biologists developing global citizen network to monitor insect abundance

... diet. In the study, prey DNA was ... Dec. 10, ......
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Scientists identify gene family key to unlocking vertebrate evolution

... This is encoded in their DNA. Scientists have long assumed......
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World s largest DNA sequencing of Viking skeletons reveals they weren t all Scandinavian

... and beyond. advertisement Now cutting edge DNA sequencing of more than... Viking cemeteries. They analysed the DNA from the remains from... carried out the largest ever DNA analysis of Viking...
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Florida woodrat nests are laced with antibiotic-producing bacteria

... Next, they sequenced the bacterias DNA to identify what was......
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Gene editing to produce super dad livestock

... a biological system for altering DNA discovered in 2012. CRISPR... scissors to snip through the DNA. While effective in the... can cut out too much DNA. These unwanted edits...
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Combining two precision medicines can treat drug-resistant cancers

... a damaged system for repairing DNA, and addiction ... to genes involved in repairing DNA, including to the BRCA... s ability to repair its DNA has shown promising...
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New rules for algae species classification

... algae be classified first by DNA and then by other... other lineages, so that s DNA based, but we should also... classify algae species by discrete DNA while others classify...