Page 4 - Population Genetics News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

A TEAM of Oxford scientists have been awarded over £2m from Cancer Research UK to develop a new tool which could help guide how bowel cancer…

Researchers performed an analysis of molecular variance in 59 haplotypes of the IFNAR gene, departing from monkeypox virus, camelpox virus, buffalopox virus, ectromelia virus, cowpox virus, rabbitpox virus, variola virus, and vaccinia virus.

Arboreal gliders are vulnerable to habitat fragmentation and to barriers that extend their glide distance threshold. Habitat fragmentation through deforestation can cause population isolation and genetic drift in gliding mammals, which in turn can result in a loss of genetic diversity and population long-term persistence. This study utilised next generation sequencing technology to call 8784 genome-wide SNPs from 90 sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps) sensu stricto. Samples were collected from 12 locations in the Lake Macquarie Local Government Area (New South Wales). The sugar gliders appeared...

In a new study led by UCF, researchers discovered a suite of mutations in Florida panthers that originated from Texas and Central American pumas.

In 2006, researchers discovered that people with certain variants of the gene PCSK9 had dramatically lower cholesterol levels than the general population. Individuals with two broken copies of the gene — one from each parent — were up to 88 percent less likely to have coronary heart disease than people with functioning PCSK9 .