Search results for "Dna genetics"
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How We Forgot Who Discovered DNA: Why It Matters How You Communicate Your Results
2019
One hundred and fifty years ago, a hopeful young researcher reported a recent discovery he had made. Working in the bowels of a medieval castle in the German city of Tübingen, he had isolated a then entirely new type of molecule. This was the birth of a field that would fundamentally change the course of biology, medicine, and beyond. His discovery: DNA. His name: Friedrich Miescher. In this article, the authors try to find answers to the question why-despite the fact that virtually everyone nowadays knows DNA-hardly anyone remembers the man who discovered it. In the history of science, the discovery of DNA was a seminal moment. Why then did it not enter into public memory? Ground-breaking …
A New Mutation in the Ryanodine Receptor 2 Gene (RYR2 C2277R) as a Cause Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
2015
Ancient human DNA.
2011
The contribution of palaeogenetic data to the study of various aspects of hominin biology and evolution has been significant, and has the potential to increase substantially with the widespread implementation of next generation sequencing techniques. Here we discuss the present state-of-the-art of ancient human DNA analysis and the characteristics of hominin aDNA that make sequence validation particularly complex. A brief overview of the development of anthropological palaeogenetic analysis is given to illustrate the technical challenges motivating recent technological advancements.