Genetic Archaeology News

Crossed (Evolutionary) Signals?

Wednesday, July 02, 2008 00:00 MST

New genome research provides insights and raises new questions about how multi-cellular organisms evolved

Drought tolerance in potatoes

Tuesday, July 01, 2008 00:00 MST

Hunting for drought tolerance genes in ancient Andean landraces

Ancient Mexican maize varieties

Saturday, June 28, 2008 00:00 MST

Sequencing of ancient corn landraces to ensure genetic diversity and resources

Huge genome-scale phylogenetic study of birds rewrites evolutionary tree-of-life

Friday, June 27, 2008 00:00 MST

An international, multi-institution research project shows that when it comes to bird evolution, appearances can be deceiving

Estimation of isolation times in the Drosophila simulans complex

Thursday, June 26, 2008 00:00 MST

Researchers provide evidence that two island species were isolated at about the same time, estimated at ~250,000 years ago.

New research reveals the true origins of Lyme disease and predicts how it will spread

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 00:00 MST

The bacterium that causes Lyme disease, the fastest growing vector-borne disease in North America, originated in Europe before the Ice Age

New discovery proves 'selfish gene' exists

Saturday, June 21, 2008 00:00 MST

A new discovery provides conclusive evidence which supports decades-old evolutionary doctrines long accepted as fact.

Scientists fix bugs in our understanding of evolution

Friday, June 20, 2008 00:00 MST

A new computational tool allows the most accurate insights into evolution ever

Genome sequence of lancelet shows how genes quadrupled during vertebrate evolution

Thursday, June 19, 2008 00:00 MST

Ancestor to all chordates, including the vertebrates, confirms 40-year-old theory

X Marks the Spot

Wednesday, June 18, 2008 00:00 MST

Novel evolutionary tools for studying human populations using the X chromosome

Did the gene for ADHD help our nomadic ancestors?

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 00:00 MST

An ADHD-associated version of the human gene DRD4 is linked to better health among nomadic tribesmen, but may cause malnourishment in their settled cousins

Ancient antibody molecule offers clues to how humans evolved allergies

Sunday, June 15, 2008 00:00 MST

Scientists have discovered how evolution may have lumbered humans with allergy

Scientists confirm that parts of earliest genetic material may have come from the stars

Saturday, June 14, 2008 00:00 MST

Scientists have confirmed for the first time that an important component of early genetic material which has been found in meteorite fragments is extraterrestrial in origin

Researchers Resurrect Extinct Judean Date Palm Tree from 2,000-Year-Old Seed

Friday, June 13, 2008 00:00 MST

Researchers have brought an extinct date palm back to life by resurrecting the oldest seed ever

Woolly-mammoth gene study changes extinction theory

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 00:00 MST

A large genetic study of the extinct woolly mammoth has revealed that the species was not one large homogenous group, as scientists previously had assumed, and that it did not have much genetic diversity.