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last updated August 2010

Archive by Date: August 2010

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comparative genomics: August 2010

  • Sprouting information

    National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

    Comparisons of the mungbean chloroplast genome reveal evolutionary relationships and will help genetically improve crop species

  • Plant fungi’s jump on pathogenicity

    University of Minnesota

    Genome study reveals horizontal gene transfer as a driver of rapid adaptation in disease-causing plant fungi

  • Asian genomes point the way

    Seoul National University

    Personalized medicine takes a step closer to reality with a new technique for analyzing genomic variation

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genetics and evolution: August 2010

  • Mountains that make the people

    Fudan University

    Culture is geographically defined by the Himalayas, and DNA fingerprinting shows that these mountains also impede gene flow

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  • Unlikely allies against infection

    Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Tokyo

    Intestinal bacteria help out their hosts by strengthening immune protection against other, less benevolent microbes

  • Stem cells on steroids

    Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

    Estrogen and progesterone increase mammary stem cell number and enhance their potential for outgrowth in breast tissue

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