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Possible for all of biology. so we want everybody working on any species, or any group of species, anywhere in the world, able to have this ultimate foundation. 0ne genome that is now complete belongs to the badger. in 0xfordshire, as dusk falls, a family emerges from their sett. scientists say having their detailed genetic information is vital. getting the badger genome sequence is really important, because we can see how badgers adapt to diseases, how they adapt to their environment, and how t...

Researchers have been able to extract dna from the skeleton ofa man in pompeii. and theyve worked out his entire genetic code. victoria gill, the bbc�*s science correspondent, whos based in salford, told me more. it was a combination of these skeletons being so well preserved, but also the advances in the technology that allowed these scientists to extract dna from just a tiny amount of bone. scientists had previously thought that dna might have been destroyed by the extreme heat when vesuvius...

These two people were found in the craftsman�*s house. this was a much more humble, working—class home. with this combination of reading their genetic code and also just studying the positions of their bodies, they were actually slumped on this kind of chaise longue, the traditional dining place for people in rome at that time. they would lean back on this thing and their bodies were leant in that position, almost as though they were dining when the eruption happened, which historians think ...

And what did they find in terms of the dna? they only got one whole genome, so basically the entire genetic code, set of instructions that made this person. they also managed to get non—human dna. they found dna in his skeleton that was from a tuberculosis—causing bacterium, suggesting he might have had the disease before he died. and actually, some of the archaeologists and anthropologists involved in the study think that perhaps thats why he wasnt running away. maybe he was sick, maybe he ...

The geneticist i spoke to about this was very excited about the biological possibilities for what evidence may still lie in pompeii to be studied in the future. and notjust human dna, but also nonhuman dna from the environment. so, there are archaeologists who would like to get environmental dna from the sediment, which could tell us what other biodiversity there was in pompeii at that time. such a pity we cant know their names and backgrounds and the relationship between this man and woman. do ...

I think theres going to be at least a change in tone, and i would suggest also a change in substantive issues if gustavo petro becomes the president. 1943 years ago in 79 ad, one of the most famous disasters in history happened. mount vesuvius near naples erupted with unthinkable violence, engulfing the cities of pompeii and herculaneum in a gigantic pyroclastic flow. archaeologists have been excavating pompeii since the end of the 16th century. now, extraordinarily, researchers have been able t...

In the study think that perhaps that is why he wasnt running away. maybe he was sick, maybe he was suffering from disease. there were also signs in the womans skeleton that she was older and may have had arthritis in her bones. from his own genome, theyve seen pinpoints of his ancestry and of his family connections. and some of those are largely unsurprising. it looks like he was a local person, it looks like he waas local to the italian peninsula. but he had some markers in his genetic code tha...

That allowed these scientists to extract dna from just a tiny amount of bone. scientists had previously thought that dna might have been destroyed by the extreme heat when vesuvius erupted, but it turns out that where it had been preserved, it was then because these remains were encased in these cemented, heat—hardened and time—hardened layers of ash, that actually preserved the dna as well to be able to be picked up in a test millennia later. and what did they find in terms of the dna? they...

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