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Study: Genetic diagnosis helps to treat childhood hearing loss
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Understanding the many different genetic causes of childhood-onset hearing loss suggests that genomic testing could aid in treatment planning, including optimal treatment timing.
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Scientists use paleogenomics to elucidate 10,000 years of immune system ev
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Universite Paris Cite, the CNRS and the College de France have used paleogenomics to trace 10,000 years of human immune system evolution. They analyzed the genomes of more than 2,800 individuals who lived in Europe over the past ten millennia. They were
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DNA from archaeological remains show immigration to Scandinavia was except
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A new study based on 297 ancient Scandinavian genomes analysed together with the genomic data of 16,638 present-day Scandinavians resolve the complex relations between geography, ancestry, and gene flow in Scandinavia, encompassing the Roman Age, the Viking Age and later periods. A surprisin
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Scientists make breakthrough by sequencing endangered sharks' genomes
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
It's a startling image that describes a milestone in conservation science for sharks. Professor Shivji, Professor Michael Stanhope and their collaborators have glanced back in history by sequencing to chromosome level the genomes (entire genetic blueprint) of great hammerhead and shortfin ma
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Study sheds lights on new insights into the timeline of mammal evolution
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A new study, published today in the journal Nature, has provided the most detailed timeline of mammal evolution to date.
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Ants shed light on predicting evolution after hybridization
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers at the University of Helsinki found that after multiple hybridisation events between two wood ant species distinct hybrid populations evolved independently towards the same direction, suggesting hybridisation is predictable.
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Study finds how humans continue to evolve with new genes
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Even though we diverged from our chimpanzee ancestors about 7 million years ago, we are still evolving today. The human lineage has 155 novel genes that spontaneously developed from little fragments of our DNA. Some of these novel "microgenes" are thought to be linked to diseases that are un
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Research finds how intensive agriculture turned wild plant into pervasive
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New research in Science is showing how the rise of modern agriculture has turned a North American native plant, the common water hemp, into a problematic agricultural weed.
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Researchers discover mutations linked to increase risk of ovarian cancer
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Study discovered four new areas of the human genome that contain genetic variations or mutations that enhance women's chance of getting epithelial ovarian cancer, the most frequent kind of ovarian cancer.
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Hidden history of human adaptation revealed by ancient genomes
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A previously unknown aspect of human evolution has come to light due to the use of ancient DNA, including samples of human remains around 45,000 years old.
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Research: Presence of ancient viral DNA in human genome protects against i
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Viral DNA in human genomes, embedded there from ancient infections, serve as antivirals that protect human cells against certain present-day viruses, according to new research.
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Researchers build understanding of the virus universe using metatranscript
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI): Researchers have discovered new RNA bacteriophages, viruses that attack bacteria, advancing the understanding of virus evolution.
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