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New Method for Associating Genetic Variation With Crop Traits
July 22, 2012 — A new technique will allow plant breeders to introduce valuable crop traits even without access to the full genome sequence of that crop. The technique links important agronomic traits in crop plants ... > full story -
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Researchers Produce First Complete Computer Model of an Organism
July 21, 2012 — In a breakthrough effort for computational biology, the world's first complete computer model of an organism has been completed, researchers report. A team used data from more than 900 scientific ... > full story -
Angry Birds Meets Bioinformatics
July 20, 2012 — Informatics researchers create an experimental framework for online, clinic-ready apps and ask others to embrace and expand ... > full story -
Scientists Discover Melanoma-Driving Genetic Changes Caused by Sun Damage
July 19, 2012 — It’s been a burning question in melanoma research: Tumor cells are full of ultraviolet (UV)-induced genetic damage caused by sunlight exposure, but which mutations drive this ... > full story -
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Evolutionary Information Improves Discovery of Mutations Associated With Diseases
July 18, 2012 — Scientists have developed a statistical method using evolutionary information to significantly enhance the likelihood of identifying disease-associated alleles in the genome that show better ... > full story -
New Tools Facilitate Matching Cancer Drugs With Gene Targets
July 16, 2012 — A new study details how a suite of web-based tools provides the research community with greatly improved capacity to compare data derived from large collections of genomic information against ... > full story -
Salt Cress Genome Yields New Clues to Salt Tolerance
July 13, 2012 — Biologists have completed the genomic sequence and analysis of salt cress Thellungiella salsuginea, a wild salt-tolerant plant. The salt cress genome serves as a useful tool for exploring mechanisms ... > full story -
Searching Genomic Data Faster: Biologists' Capacity for Generating Genomic Data Is Increasing More Rapidly Than Computing Power
July 10, 2012 — In 2001, the Human Genome Project and Celera Genomics announced that after 10 years of work at a cost of some $400 million, they had completed a draft sequence of the human genome. Today, ... > full story -
DNA Sequenced for Parrot's Ability to Parrot
July 2, 2012 — Scientists say they have assembled more completely the string of genetic letters that could control how well parrots learn to imitate their owners and other ... > full story -
Insights Into Primate Diversity: Lessons from the Rhesus Macaque
June 29, 2012 — The rhesus macaque has three times as much genetic variation as humans. However despite much of this extra variation within genes, protein function is not affected. Consequently damaging variations ... > full story
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