Tools to detect synteny blocks regions among multiple genomes
...romosome. These block regions have mostly been preserved by genome rearrangements, and so synteny blocks from two related species (e.g., humans and mice) will be roughly similar but...2650 days ago
Online resources on must-read papers in evolutionary biology, for a literature club
...on. University of Chicago, Department of Biology. 3. *Remco Folkertsma:* 1. The work by Hopi Hoekstra on local adaptation and oldfield mice 2. Poelstra, J. W., Vijay,...717 days ago
MAGIC: A tool for predicting transcription factors and cofactors driving gene sets using ENCODE data
...ettings: 1) A cell line expressing or lacking single TF, 2) Breast tumors divided along PAM50 designations 3) Whole brain samples from WT mice or mice lacking a single TF in a part...1296 days ago
Role of microbes in forensic science
"Studies on decomposing mice suggest that the microbial content of a corpse can offer clues as to how old a body is and the approximate time that death occurred."Read more: h...3911 days ago
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Memories Can Be Passed Down Through DNA
The premise of Assassin's Creed is the reliving of other people's memories stored inside DNA. Well scientists have found that in mice, it actually happens! Anthony is joined by speci...3688 days ago
Genetic Modified (GM) Food/Organisms
...m that is generated through genetic engineering is considered to be a genetically modified organism (GMO). The first GMOs were bacteria in 1973; GM mice were generated in 1974. Insul...3959 days ago
Comment on "Y-chromosome is worthless!!!"
This is a kind of interesting that a mice with just two 'male' genes father babies...n nature "Assisted-reproduction technique helps mice with two genes from Y chromos...healthy offspring" http://www.nature.com/news/mice-with-just-two-male-genes-fath...3854 days ago