A collaboration between researchers and the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe offers new evidence that their ancestors have lived in the Bay Area for thousands of years.
Tag: Genetics and Heredity
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‘I-65 Killer’ Who Terrorized Motel Clerks in the 1980s Is Identified
The authorities said they connected Harry Edward Greenwell, who died in 2013, to at least three murders in Kentucky and Indiana, using genetic genealogy.
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The Search for a Model Octopus That Won’t Die After Laying Its Eggs
A lab in Massachusetts may have finally found an eight-armed cephalopod that can serve as a model organism and assist scientific research.
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Does Moderate Drinking Protect Your Heart? A Genetic Study Offers a New Answer.
By studying the relationship between gene variants and alcohol consumption, scientists found no real cardiac benefit to drinking, even modestly.
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Book Review: ‘Ancestor Trouble,’ by Maud Newton
Maud Newton’s “Ancestor Trouble” is a sweeping genealogical investigation that becomes an investigation of genealogy itself.