Posts Tagged ‘heritage’
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A research team has developed a technique to analyze ancestry using 300,000 common DNA landmarks. In their study, the team focused primarily on the genetic structure of West African populations and uncovered complex genomic diversity among African and African-American populations—and deep historical, cultural, geographic, and linguistic impacts on gene flow among populations. Below, children in Abuja, Nigeria. (Credit: Sarah Tishkoff/University of Pennsylvania)
CORNELL (US)—Researchers may now reliably use genetic data to map out a person’s ancestry. The research could have implications for personalized medicine and for mapping genetic risk factors to common diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. Continue…
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West Bank map could inform peace talks
USC (US)—A team of American, Israeli, and Palestinian experts has developed the first map detailing 40 years of Israeli archeological activity in the West Bank and Jerusalem—much of it never publicly disclosed. (more…)
