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The biology of identity. How knowing about our DNA changes our sense of who we are by Steve Sturdy | The Philosophers’ Magazine Dec 2009"(...) personal identity involves more than just a sense of individual uniqueness. It is also heavily bound up with our shared membership of different social groups: nationality, ethnicity, kinship, class, occupation, political affiliation, star sign and many other social categories may all loom ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Salk-Led Team Generates First Map of Human Methylome | GenomeWeb Daily News | Sequencing | GenomeWebMore technical account of the epigenome work - mapping cytosine methylation
Al Wood
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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 ...
Calvin Smith
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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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