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Everything related to genetics and the science of heredity and variation in living organisms.
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Cell Size and ScaleAn interactive visualization of cells and other biological entities at various scales.
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Salk-Led Team Generates First Map of Human Methylome | GenomeWeb Daily News | Sequencing | GenomeWebMore technical account of the epigenome work - mapping cytosine methylation
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Scientists decode human genome's instruction manual | Science | The GuardianMilestone promises to revolutionise understanding of human development and how it can sometimes go wrong. Decoding the epigenome
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DNA Points To India's Two-pronged Ancestry / Science NewsGenetic Spread View Larger Version | Despite India’s genetic diversity (seen on a map showing the states inhabited by each of 25 groups), a new DNA study traces today’s lineages back to just two ancestral groups. Colors denote the language families of tongues spoken by each group (see legend ...
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How Did Evolution Begin?Life's ability to replicate itself is essential for evolution, yet even the simplest kind of replication requires a relatively complex system. So what kind of non-replicating system might have served as the predecessor of evolution, paving the way for life as we know it? The answer, according to ...
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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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Has 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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13Seed: 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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