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DNA sequencing, CRISPR edits, population genetics, and trait mapping.
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Swedish Migration Reshaped Medieval Finland???s Genetic Landscape, Study Finds
22+ hour, 29+ min ago (544+ words) A new ancient DNA study reveals that coastal and inland communities in southwestern Finland were genetically similar during the early Middle Ages, before migration from Sweden transformed the coastal population. The research also shows that medieval Finland was deeply connected…...
Modern humans are the evolutionary product of different ancestral populations
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (201+ words) Most recently, an article in the scientific journal Nature (“Who were the Denisovans? Rich trove of fossils and tools paints new picture” Dyani Lewis, September 9, 2026) adds important new knowledge about their culture and geographic distribution. Furthermore, it was discovered that:…...
Genetic 'barcodes' could explain why chromosomes recognize one another
3+ hour, 22+ min ago (972+ words) Repetitive DNA and the D1 protein help matching fruit fly chromosomes recognize one another before eggs form. (CREDIT: Talia Shavit-Weiner / AI-generated) Before a fruit fly can produce a healthy egg, matching chromosomes must somehow find one another inside a nucleus crowded…...
Intelligent Design Bears Good Scientific Fruit in the Study of 'Junk DNA'
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (216+ words) For decades, many scientists have confidently dismissed the vast majority of the human DNA as useless evolutionary garbage. Yet a recently published scientific paper in Cell, one of the world’s most prestigious biology journals, declares a “paradigm shift” against the…...
Scientists Discover an RNA Molecule That Shields the Brain From
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (588+ words) A long non-coding RNA with the unassuming name Loc646329 may be one of the brain’s quiet defenders against Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study published in Molecular Biology Reports....
[Awakening of Phoenix Cells] Can they revive even after pressing the 'self-destruct switch'!? The key to solving the 50-year mystery of tissue regeneration lay in the mechanism of death enzymes and cancer recurrence - Weizmann Institute of Science｜Tip News
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (178+ words) ■ Introduction: Living tissue like a 'phoenix' rising from the ashesThe 'epithelial tissue' that covers our skin and the surfaces of our internal organs possesses the ability to undergo cell division at an astonishing rate and repair itself to its original…...
Thoughts on “The Origin of Life”
7+ hour, 54+ min ago (89+ words) A dense tome by Smith and Morowitz. Contends endlessly with chance and necessity. Early on we get a quote from Melville in Moby Dick: "aye…Continue reading on Medium » Thoughts on “The Origin of Life” A dense tome by Smith…...
Dutch men grew about 20 centimeters in 150 years, going from among Europe’s shortest to its tallest, and a simulation shows natural selection explains less than half a centimeter of that change
15+ hour, 56+ min ago (716+ words) Home - Science - Dutch men grew about 20 centimeters in 150 years, going from among Europe’s shortest to its tallest, and a simulation shows natural selection explains less than half a centimeter of that change Historical records put Dutch male height at around…...
Intelligent Design Bears Good Scientific Fruit in the Study of 'Junk DNA"
22+ hour, 28+ min ago (732+ words) For decades, many scientists have confidently dismissed the vast majority of the human DNA as useless evolutionary garbage. Yet a recently published scientific paper in Cell, one of the world’s most prestigious biology journals, declares a “paradigm shift” against the…...
Too Much RNA Can Drain a Cell’s Energy, Scientists Discover
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (590+ words) A virus may cripple a cell’s power supply simply by producing too much of a molecule the cell needs to survive....