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  Neanderthals could have died out because their bodies overheated - Telegraph

  Neanderthals may have died out because their bodies overheated as the Earth grew warmer, according to new research.

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  Study confirms importance of lineages in the Cantabrian coast of the Bay of Biscay in the European genetic map

  With his thesis entitled, Diversity of the mitochondrial genome in autochthonous populations in the Cantabrian coast area: Traces of postglacial recolonisation in Europe, Dr. Sergio Cardoso Martín explored the involvement of the Franco-Cantabrian populations of the Franco-Cantabrian refuge ...

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  A link between mitochondria and tumor formation in stem cells

  Researchers report on a previously unknown relationship between stem cell potency and the metabolic rate of their mitochondria -- a cell's energy makers. Stem cells with more active mitochondria also have a greater capacity to differentiate and are more likely to form tumors.

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  University of Florida News - Research Report: Iron Diet

  As people get older, they worry about anemia and whether they’re getting enough iron in their diets. But a University of Florida study shows that over time iron accumulates inside cells. Researcher Christiaan Leeuwenburgh says that can cause cells to die prematurely. Leeuwenburgh: “There’s a ...

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  PLoS ONE: Mitochondrial DNA Evidence for a Diversified Origin of Workers Building Mausoleum for First Emperor of China

  Variant studies on ancient DNA have attempted to reveal individual origin. Here, based on cloning sequencing and polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphisms, we analyzed polymorphisms in the first hypervariable region and coding regions of mitochondrial DNA of 19 human ...

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