Genomes chart the history of Neanderthal-modern human interactions

By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded ...
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Scientists Find Parts of the Human Genome That Influence Gut Microbes

The human gut microbiome can be affected bya variety of things including our diet or medications. But how do we influence it?

Q&A: Algorithm achieves near end-to-end genome assembly without ultra-long DNA sequencing

Haoyu Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine, has developed a new algorithm capable of building complete human genomes using standard ...
ucdavis.edu

Finding Human Brain Genes in Duplicated DNA

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human ...
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Genome Of World's Oldest Confirmed Human RNA Virus Reconstructed From 250-Year-Old Lung Tissue

“Our analyses show that the historical [human Rhinovirus] A genome represents an extinct lineage closely related to HRV A19 ...

Scientists sharpen genetic maps to help pinpoint DNA changes that influence human health traits and disease risk

Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health ...