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Showing posts with label human genetics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label human genetics. Show all posts
February 1, 2014

More details on the Neanderthal legacy in modern humans

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Is straight hair Neanderthal? A quick note on two recent studies on the relevance of Neanderthal introgression on modern Humankind, not...
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January 27, 2014

Is the ability to digest milk in Europeans caused by ancient social inequality?

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I've got involved these days in a discussion at Dienekes' Anthropology Blog on the causes of lactase persistance (LP), i.e. the ab...
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July 7, 2013

Exercise causes epigenetic changes in fat cells

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It seems more and more obvious than rather just burning fat, what exercise does against overweight is to alter the way the body works in mo...
July 4, 2013

HERC2 haplotypes worldwide study at Kurdish DNA

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I must congratulate again Palisto of Kurdish DNA blog for his excellent work on the description of HERC2 haplotypes and their frequency ac...
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June 7, 2013

Reconstructing human demographic history from IBS segments

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Figure 1. An eight base-pair tract of identity by state (IBS). Identity-by-state (IBS) segments are those located between any two SNP...
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June 2, 2013

Not more than 2% of educational attainment can be attributed to genes

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Correction: a reader indicates that ~2% is the amount of influence from the addition of many SNPs (often with a tiny estimated impact each...
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April 14, 2013

'Neanderthal' allele that is probably not Neanderthal in modern humans

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This is a generally well finished study on an allele shared by (some) modern humans, Neanderthals and "Denisovans" but which the ...
April 13, 2013

Bisphenol A severely disrupts fetal epigenetics

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Water bottle containing bisphenol A The most controversial chemical compound bisphenol A is found in many plastics, including sometime...
April 1, 2013

Eye and skin pigmentation genetics: Cape Verdeans as informative population

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Cape Verde from space Still getting updated with the backlog. Here there is an interesting study on human pigmentation using the heavil...
March 2, 2013

Non-additive genetic models and the problem of stasis (relative stability of the genomes) and missing heritability

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A simple and classical approach to genetic understanding of phenotype variability is to assume that allele influence is additive. However...
November 15, 2012

Latest genetic news (links)

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Anthropological and genetic news have been piling up in this strike journey. I'm not sure if I will be able to address all as they may ...
October 25, 2012

IL-4 genetic combo protects Indian hunter-gatherers from Malaria

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Or, more precisely, protects many of those who have it in diverse populations but it is most concentrated among hunter-gatherers of the so-...