Sunday 24 October 2010

Genes linked to the kidneys(not kidney disease)

A gene called FOXL1 has been linked to water retention in the kidneys.
A mutation of this gene was found in 85% of  20 Yoruba in some research done, this version of the gene is believed to date back to the spread of the sahara 10-20,00 years ago.
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Friday 22 October 2010

Paris japonica genome sequenced

Geneticists have sequenced the genome of the rare flower paris japonica which has the biggest genome so far sequenced, there are 149 billion base pairs, the genome is 50 times  the size of the human genome.