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Bridgestone collaboration with NRGene achieves new milestones in assembly of multiple guayule genomes; alternative to natural rubber
2021-01-21 09:55:36| Green Car Congress
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Scientists sequence first ancient Irish human genomes
2015-12-28 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] IMAGE: Excavated near Belfast in 1855, she had lain in a Neolithic tomb chamber for 5,000 years; subsequently curated in Queens University Belfast. Credit: Daniel Bradley, Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 28th, 2015 - …
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With the most-edited genomes of all time, Harvards pigs could spark a transplant revolution
2015-10-09 15:38:55| Extremetech
By smashing the prior gene-editing record in pig embryos, scientists have taken a big step toward a much-needed revolution in medicine.
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Past and present genomes tell the story of Native American biological origins
2015-07-27 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] The first human inhabitants of the Americas lived in a time thousands of years before the first written records, and the story of their transcontinental migration is the subject of ongoing debate and active research. A study by multi-institutional, international collaboration of researchers, published this week in Science (DOI: 10.1126/science.aab3884) presents strong evidence, gleaned from ancient and modern DNA samples, that the ancestry of all Native Americans can b…
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Kiwi genomes explain the unusual characteristics of an endangered bird
2015-07-22 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] The kiwi bird's unique nocturnal behaviour is linked to some altered genes that eliminate color vision and others that modify its sense of smell, according to the first kiwi genome published in the open access journal Genome Biology. Kiwis are endangered, ground-dwelling birds endemic to New Zealand. They are the smallest and only nocturnal representatives of the ratites - a group of flightless birds that includes the ostrich and emu. They are also unusual in that…
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