What’s Unique about Human Brain Evolution?
Even though we’ve been separated by about 450 million years of evolution, humans and zebrafish share homology in roughly 70% of their genes. Yet in spite of this commonality, few […]
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Alu Transposable Elements and the Human Genome
For those not familiar, transposable or mobile elements are segments of DNA that have, or at one time had, the potential for moving about the genome. This occurs either via […]
A Mutation that Lowers Risk for Schizophrenia?
Last month, Rees et al. (2014) reported that, in contrast to copy number variant (CNV) deletions at the genetic locus, 22q11, which increase schizophrenia risk, duplications in that same region […]
Mosaicism: Not All Genomes Are Created Equal
Mosaicism: indicates the presence of two or more populations of cells with different genotypes in one individual who has developed from a single fertilized egg [1]. For some time, layperson […]
One Scientist’s Junk DNA Is Another Scientist’s Treasure
“[The ENCODE scientists have] . . . reported the elephant in the room and then chosen to otherwise ignore it.” ~Prof. John Mattick, Director of the Garvan Institute of Medical […]
Science Over a Cuppa 
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