As always, the past few weeks were packed with interesting science articles, including a number of interesting findings involving mice. Laboratory mice (frequently variations on the common house mouse Mus Musculus) are frequently used in studies on genetics, psychology, physiology,…
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The Genesis of New Genes – Part 2
If you have not already, please read part 1 of our series on genetic variation. Last time I discussed how genes can be created de novo through mutations in non-coding regions of the genome. De novo genes have been shown to represent a…
The Genesis of New Genes
The advent of whole-genome sequencing has produced a number of startling discoveries related to the human genome. For starters, we are hardly as complex as we would like to think; Homo sapiens lags behind many organisms in both the size…
Amazing regenerating organisms
The idea of regenerating body parts is normally the stuff of books, movies and comics, but there are real-life animals that have this amazing ability. From regrowing missing limbs to repairing internal organs, these organisms continue to amaze us! For many…