Category: Molecular Evolution
A couple of years ago, there was talk in the bioblogosphere about getting the general public interested in bioinformatics and molecular evolution: Amateur bioinformatics? Lowering the Ivory Tower with Molecular Evolution Molecular Evolution for the Masses The idea was inspired...
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Category: Genomics
Next-gen sequencing is making microarrays obsolete.
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Posted by RPM at 9:00 AM • 9 Comments •
Category: Science News
No longer are the results of genome sequencing projects announced via journal articles.
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Posted by RPM at 8:30 AM • 5 Comments •
Category: Genomics
Are transposable elements retained in genomes because of their functional potential?
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Category: Genomics
Terminology for gene conservation in comparative genomics.
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Category: Genomics
The head of the National Human Genome Research Institute has resigned.
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Posted by RPM at 5:00 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: Genomics
The genome sequence of one of the co-discovers of the structure of DNA gets published.
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Posted by RPM at 12:00 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: Genomics
Us dudes are always accused of thinking with our dicks. Perhaps it's because the genes expressed in our brains are similar to those expressed in our 'nads: Among the 17 tissues, the highest similarity in gene expression patterns was between...
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Category: Genomics
As I have mentioned before, de novo sequencing of whole eukaryotic genomes may be a thing of the past (or, at least, these whole genome projects won't be getting very much more common). Instead, I proposed that people would use...
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Category: Genomics
Can solexa handle A/T rich regions?
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