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Mom, dad and kids undergo novel genome analyses for medical risks in new study Posted: 15 Sep 2011 02:16 PM PDT Researchers have predicted the inherited health risks of a four-person family by analyzing their whole genome sequences. With the DNA sequences of both parents and children, the team was able to better check for sequencing errors and more accurately predict how individual genetic variants affect each family member's risk for disease. |
It’s all in the head: Songbirds with bigger brains have benefited from the end of communism Posted: 15 Sep 2011 07:22 AM PDT The abundance of songbirds with relatively large brains in Eastern Germany and the Czech Republic has increased since 1989/1990. The increase in large-brained songbirds is attributed to the better cognitive abilities of the species enabling them better adaption to the socio-economic changes affecting habitats after the end of communism. |
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