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Letting the Dog Genome Out: Poodle DNA compared with that of mice, people
Biologists have deciphered the DNA sequence of a poodle, an accomplishment that may help researchers study more than 300 human diseases that also affect dogs.
- Earth
Volcanic Legacy: Tortoises chronicle eruption in their genes
An ancient volcanic eruption in the Galápagos Islands left its legacy in the diminished genetic diversity of one subspecies of the archipelago's famed giant tortoises.
- Anthropology
Y Trail of the First Americans: DNA data point to late New World entry
Scientists identified a gene variant on the Y chromosome that allowed them to estimate that people first reached the Americas no earlier than about 18,000 years ago.
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Model Mice: Blood reveals signs of pancreatic cancer
Mice that develop pancreatic cancer show signs of the disease long before malignant tumors arise, just as people with this type of cancer do.
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Of Swine and Men
Scientists study H1N1’s past to predict what the virus has in store.
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I, Mold
Conquering the rising tide of infection is hindered by the many similarities between humans and fungi.
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Life from scratch
Relaunching biology from the beginning.
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Enzymes Exposed
Clearer views of the cell’s movers and shakers threaten a century-old mainstay of biology.
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Rust Never Sleeps
A new flare-up in an age-old battle between wheat and a fungal killer.
- Life
The unusual suspects
With no obvious culprit in sight, geneticists do broader sweeps to identify autism’s causes.
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Genetic Dark Matter
Searching for new sources to explain human variation.
