Neuroscience
The New York Times reports that the journal Nature reports that scientists have decoded the dog genome “to a high degree of accuracy.”
Scientists can now compare the dog, human, and mouse genome to see what makes a mammal a mammal. Apparently humans and dogs have more “brain function” genes, possibly because the social nature of our lives requires more computing power.
Tasha, the boxer whose genes researchers sequenced, was chosen because boxers are very inbred “easing the decoding task.”
New York Times, December 8, 2005
Science: Dog's Genome Could Provide Clues to Disorders in Humans
NICHOLAS WADE
The dog genome gives researchers insight into the evolutionary history of humans.
Nature, December 8, 2005
"Genome sequence, comparative analysis and haplotype structure of the domestic dog"
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, et al.
Abstract:
"Here we report a high-quality draft genome sequence of the domestic dog (Canis familiaris), together with a dense map of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across breeds. The dog is of particular interest because it provides important evolutionary information and because existing breeds show great phenotypic diversity for morphological, physiological and behavioural traits."
Full-text available for a fee, or check your local (large) library.
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Neuroscience
Arf! The dog genome is complete
The New York Times reports that the journal Nature reports that scientists have decoded the dog genome “to a high degree of accuracy.”
Scientists can now compare the dog, human, and mouse genome to see what makes a mammal a mammal. Apparently humans and dogs have more “brain function” genes, possibly because the social nature of our lives requires more computing power.
Tasha, the boxer whose genes researchers sequenced, was chosen because boxers are very inbred “easing the decoding task.”
New York Times, December 8, 2005
Science: Dog's Genome Could Provide Clues to Disorders in Humans
NICHOLAS WADE
The dog genome gives researchers insight into the evolutionary history of humans.
Nature, December 8, 2005
"Genome sequence, comparative analysis and haplotype structure of the domestic dog"
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, et al.
Abstract:
"Here we report a high-quality draft genome sequence of the domestic dog (Canis familiaris), together with a dense map of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across breeds. The dog is of particular interest because it provides important evolutionary information and because existing breeds show great phenotypic diversity for morphological, physiological and behavioural traits."
Full-text available for a fee, or check your local (large) library.
- Nobel Knockout!
From the Nobel Assemble press release: The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2007 jointly to Mario R. Capecchi, Martin J. Evans and Oliver Smithies for their discoveries of...
- The Brain That Squeaked
From today's New York TImes: Atlas Squeaked: A Complete Map of the Brain of a Mouse By NICHOLAS WADE Published: September 26, 2006 The New York Times Scientists have gained a new window for peering into the brain, courtesy of a $41 million project...
- Knockout Mice Are The Bomb!
From an NIH press release from earlier today: NIH Launches Knockout Mouse Project Genome-Wide Public Resource Will Provide New Mouse Models for Understanding Human Disease The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today awarded a set...
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Boomer has adopted a new vocalization to tell me he wants to be picked up, placed on the bathroom counter, and have the water turned on for him. This has prompted me to search for cat vocalization articles for my e-friend Eliot. Found something different,...
- Comparing Genome Alignment Methods
One of my current projects in the Matthew Hahn Lab is to investigate the effectiveness of a few different full-genome alignment methods. My mentor and I have been studying a new program called progressiveCactus, and comparing its output to other alignment...