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Say it with love … and DNA! Researchers from Harvard Medical School have made letters and wingdings out of DNA. Each one of the letter above is made from a single strand of the genetic material: Each...
View ArticleGenetic evidence of human ’sister’ species?
Researchers believe they have uncovered DNA evidence of an unknown sister species of human. The discovery was made by scientists analyzing the DNA of …
View ArticleDNA could unlock ‘Elephant Man’ mystery
Scientists are planning to extract DNA from Joseph Merrick’s skeleton in an attempt to diagnose him. It has been over a century since Merrick died age…
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Could Identical Twins Get Away With Murder?
What happens when a crime is committed and the suspect blames it on an identical twin? The fact that they look alike throws a monkey wrench into eyewitness accounts, and their DNA is identical, too....
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Junk DNA Actually Not Junk
You’d be surprised to learn that 98% of human DNA actually don’t encode for anything. Some bits and parts act as gene regulators and switches, but for the most part, they’re just there because they’re...
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Face Genes Control Human Facial Shape
What did the suspect look like? With the discovery of five genes involved in facial form, perhaps one day the police won’t need eyewitnesses or surveillance cameras – all they’d need is a little bit...
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Job Swapping Changes Honeybee DNA
Honeybees in a hive have fairly identical genes. The queen is the mother, a very few drones are the fathers, and those drones are closely related to each other anyway. But “epigenetic” changes in the...
View ArticleDNA can’t be recovered from dinosaurs
Dinosaur cloning might never be possible as DNA is found to have a half-life of only 521 years. For a long time researchers have been investigating th…
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Identical Twins Not Genetically Identical
Photo: Dave Banks/Flickr – via Geeks Are Sexy You’d be forgiven to think that identical twins have the same DNA. After all, that’s part of the plot of many crime novels and TV shows. Plus, "identical"...
View ArticleDo DNA tests prove Bigfoot exists ?
Veterinarian Melba S. Ketchum believes it does after a 5 year study using over 100 alleged DNA samples Working as part of Texas-based firm DNA Diagnos…
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