13-11-19 University of Illinois anthropology（人类学） professor Ripan Malhi looks to DNA to tell the story of how ancient humans first came to the Americas and what happened to them once they were here. He will share some of his findings at the meeting, Anc...

13-07-13 By comparing the human genome to the genomes of 34 other mammals, Australian scientists have described an unexpectedly high proportion of functional elements conserved through evolution. Less than 1.5% of the human genome is devoted to conventional...

13-06-25 Bacterial DNA may integrate into the human genome more readily in tumors than in normal human tissue, according to a new study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Institute for Genome Sciences. Researchers analyzed genomic sequencin...

13-05-23 Swedish scientists have mapped the gene sequence of Norway spruce（云杉） (the Christmas tree) -- a species with huge economic and ecological importance -- and that is the largest genome to have ever been mapped. The genome is complex and seven time...

13-04-18 An historic fish, with an intriguing（有趣的） past, now has had its genome sequenced, providing a wealth of information on the genetic changes that accompanied the adaptation from an aquatic（水生的） environment to land. A team of international re...

13-03-28 The genome of the mountain pine beetle -- the insect that has devastated B.C.'s lodgepole pine（美国黑松） forests -- has been decoded by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre. This is a...

12-12-29 Scientists have sequenced the genome of the fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii, an advancement that could help identify new targets for drugs to treat and prevent Pneumocystis pneumonia, a common and often deadly infection in immunocompromised（免疫功能...

12-11-27 Are juicier, sweeter, more disease-resistant watermelons on the way? An international consortium of more than 60 scientists from the United States, China, and Europe has published the genome sequence of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) -- information...

12-10-18 An international consortium（国际财团） of scientists has published a high resolution draft of the barley（大麦） genome. The research, published in the journal Nature, will help to produce new and better barley varieties that are vital for the beer...

12-09-06 Only about 1 percent of the human genome contains gene regions that code for proteins, raising the question of what the rest of the DNA is doing. Scientists have now begun to discover the answer: About 80 percent of the genome is biochemically activ...