Topic: Salt Lake City

'Grandmother Hypothesis' Takes a Hit

Grandma may not be as important as we thought--at least when it comes to evolution. The evolutionary biologist William Hamilton initially proposed the idea in a 1966 paper that built on the theoretical work of George Williams and Peter Medawar. These researchers ...
A career in mathematics education can be very rewarding. While math teachers may not be highly paid compared with these other professions, math teachers are responsible for educating and inspiring those who go on to work in these other professions. Western Governors ...

My baby maybe

The article reports on the marketing and use of genetic test kits used to reveal DNA and thus answer questions of disputed paternity. One such kit, sold in the United States and made by Sorenson Genomics, is described. The $29.99 (?15) kits, ...
They filed a lawsuit arguing that those for breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2, controlled by the diagnostic company Myriad Genetics in Salt Lake City, Utah, are illegal. The litigation is being carried forward by the Public Patent Foundation, headed by Daniel ...
There is a Lol Cat Bible. After Maerdi and Jozif waz all "We get maerdied, kthnx", but befor dey haz hankiez pankiez Maerdy was a mudder cat thx 2 HovrCat.. Iz gonna luv him and squeez him and call him George. 22 ...
Tibetans have lived at very high altitudes for thousands of years, and they have a distinctive suite of physiological traits that enable them to tolerate environmental hypoxia. 1 Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, ...

One state microbe chosen, 49 to go

The New York Times reports that Wisconsin has just appointed the cheese-making bacterium Lactococcus lactis as its official state microbe. The "indestructible" bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans that (probably) survived the Trinity A-bomb test is a worthy emblem for New Mexico, while the titchy ...
Genetic evidence suggests that early humans came close to extinction about 1 million years ago, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.. In other news of the ancient past, the Associated Press reported ...

Genetic Mapping in the Presence of Genotyping Errors

Genetic maps are built using the genotypes of many related individuals. Genotyping errors in these data sets can distort genetic maps, especially by inflating the distances. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHORCopyright of Genetics is the property of Genetics Society of America and its content ...
Mammalian mitochondria contain about 1100 proteins, nearly 300 of which are uncharacterized. 1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. 2 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, ...
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