Recent Posts Tagged With 'genetics'

• Junk DNA Revisited

  Posted on Monday December 14th, 2009 at 04:58 in genetics

  A new look at introns, at least within the Daphnia pulex (water flea) here: http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=09121216-introns-mystery-renewed http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=09121216-introns-mystery-renewedvar gaJ...

• Genetic Dating

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 14:16 in genetics

  Based on the results from well-preserved penguin bones in Antarctica, the accuracy (and assumptions) of genetic dating is being questioned by researchers at Oregon State University: http://www.physorg.com/news177083943.htmlvar gaJsHost = (("ht...

• The Cell

  Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 04:53 in genetics, chet raymo

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• Gene For Human Speech

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 08:44 in language, genetics

    Brought to attention by studying an Australian family with a speaking disorder, a gene that influences flexibility of the larynx (thus increasing the structural capability for human speech) is being reported on chromosome 8 (appropriately named ...