Bil250/um Genetics

09/23/2013

How much of a dog's behavior is due to breeding?

09/23/2013

Tigers and their relatives have hit on the right combination of genes to make them successful hunters, scientists have learned from studying the DNA of some of the biggest big cats.

09/05/2013

Convergent evolution at the genome, new findings bring new challenge, read on….

Dolphins and bats don't have much in common, but they share a superpower: Both hunt their prey by emitting high-pitched sounds and listening for the echoes. Now, a study shows that this ability arose independently in each group of mammals from the same genetic mutations. The work suggests that evolu...

06/14/2013

How do animals get oxygen under extreme conditions? You want to know… of course!

Animals have evolved a variety of ways to get oxygen under extreme conditions.

06/13/2013

They wished they took genetics in college. "An oral argument (at the Supreme Court) in April was so deeply technical — introns, exons and messenger RNA were all discussed in detail — that justices and lawyers alike had to grope for everyday analogies."

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that natural human genes cannot be patented by companies, but it said that synthetically produced genetic material can — a mixed ruling for the biotechnology industry. A naturally occurring piece of DNA is “a product of nat …

06/06/2013

Scientists have identified mutations in a gene responsible for some cases of early puberty, an issue of growing concern to doctors, as children begin developing earlier and earlier.

06/06/2013

by Matthew Cobb 60 years ago this week, June 5 – June 11 1953, the 18th annual Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Symposium on Quantitative Biology took place on Long Island, New York. The topic was ‘Vi...

05/03/2013

Single Gene Swap Helps Bird Flu Virus Switch Hosts, http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/05/gene-swap-helps-bird-flu-spread-.html?ref=hp

Single Gene Swap Helps Bird Flu Virus Switch Hosts - ScienceNOW

04/24/2013

http://www.livescience.com/28954-ancient-europeans-mysteriously-vanished.html

A mysterious event radically reshaped the genetic landscape of Europe, new research finds.

03/25/2013

A somewhat depressing report... check it out. I blame ...

Malnutrition in the first year life, even when followed by a good diet and restored physical health, predisposes people to a troubled personality at age 40, new research suggests.

03/01/2013

Good news: you are eligible for an undergraduate travel award, if you apply, check it out here: http://www.nescent.org/eog/undergraddiversity …

We are looking for talented and diverse undergraduates to send to the Evolution meetings in Snowbird, Utah from June 21-25, 2013.

02/26/2013

A letter from Dad to his 12 years old son uncovering the secret of life nearly sixty years ago still rocks the modern world!

A letter from Francis Crick to his son, Michael, two weeks after solving the DNA puzzle in 1953, is the first written description of the code and is being put up for auction.