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Everything related to genetics and the science of heredity and variation in living organisms.
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A Cool 'Cell Size Comparison Chart' from the University of OhioCell Size Comparison Chart from the University of Ohio November 19 2009 The Genetics Science Learning Center at ...
Adam Bernstein
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Revisiting FOXP2 and the origins of language : Not Exactly Rocket ScienceToday, a new paper published in Nature adds another chapter to the story of FOXP2, a gene with important roles in speech and language. The FOXP2 story is a fascinating tale that I covered in New Scientist last year. It's one of the pieces I'm proudest of so I'm reprinting it here with kind ...
Calvin Smith
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Genome 10K: A Proposal to Obtain Whole-Genome Sequence for 10 000 Vertebrate Species -- Genome 10K Community of Scientists, 10.1093/jhered/esp086 -- Journal of HeredityProposal on sequencing 10,000 vertebrate genomes
Al Wood
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Human variation revealed :The Scientist [7th October 2009]Research on CNVs showing the extent of normal variation in the human genome
Al Wood
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Cell Size and ScaleAn interactive visualization of cells and other biological entities at various scales.
Calvin Smith
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New Schizophrenia Gene DiscoveredNever mind the headline - the point is finding many bits that contribute to the chemical side of schizophrenia.Günther Mulder added 9 months ago
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11Has universal ageing mechanism been found? - health - 26 November 2008 - New ScientistImagine a world with fewer age-related diseases. Maybe something like the time before the supposed Flood. Imagine a pre-flood protein that lengthened lifespan for hundreds of years. Maybe Methuselah did live to 969 years of age. Maybe he had access to something we are just discovering is ...Murray Peat added 11 months ago
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19Seed: How We EvolveThe bit about culture is rather tacked on the end - the purely biological part is quite interesting enough on its own.Al Wood added 12 months ago
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