Genetics News

Apr 20, 2012 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers has revealed that polar bears evolved some 600 thousand years ago, five times earlier than previously thought. Polar bears (Alan Wilson / naturepicturesonline.com) The new findings, published in the journal Science, are the result of an analysis of information from the nuclear genome of polar and brown bears, and shed new light on conservation issues regarding this endangered arctic specialist. Previous studies...

Apr 19, 2012 by Natali Anderson

An international team of scientists has confirmed the Tasmanian Tiger or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) had limited genetic diversity prior to its...

Mar 19, 2012 by News Staff

An international team of researchers has discovered that house mice accompanied Vikings during their invasions in the 10th century. Mus musculus (Josef...

Dec 16, 2011 by Natali Anderson

A team of researchers from the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center has discovered a gene mutation, which is believed to have occurred in...

Nov 23, 2011 by News Staff

Researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, found further proof that the wolf ancestors of today’s domesticated dogs can be traced...

Nov 10, 2011 by News Staff

An international team of scientists has unlocked the mystery of how horses depicted in prehistoric cave paintings are lifelike in nature, using ancient...

Sep 20, 2011 by Natali Anderson

On-line gamers have solved the structure of a retrovirus enzyme whose configuration had stymied scientists, according to a press release from National...

Sep 15, 2011 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers has sequenced the genomes of 17 strains of common lab mice, according to  this week’s issue of Nature. This...

Sep 13, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Researchers from the International Consortium for Blood Pressure Genome-Wide Association Studies have identified a total of 23 gene regions associated...

Sep 6, 2011 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers has identified two new genes connected with hereditary renal diseases. The team of scientists from Canada, Germany,...

Sep 2, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Scientists have discovered a genetic cause of extreme thinness for the first time, according to a study published today in the journal Nature. The research...

Sep 1, 2011 by Natali Anderson

The green anole lizard Anolis carolinensis, a native of the Southeastern United States, is the first nonbird species of reptile to have its genome sequenced...

Aug 31, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Six new genetic variants associated with type 2 diabetes in South Asians have been identified by a team of international researchers. Writing in the journal...

Aug 30, 2011 by Natali Anderson

A clinical trial of a potential Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) drug farmed from genetically modified (GM) tobacco plants has at long last got underway...