It’s unclear why people chose to live in the caves, but DNA is shedding light on their lives.
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For millennia, we’ve selectively bred our crop species to make the plants stronger and better yielding. But we’ll need a different approach to help our food plants weather the changes to come.
Over millions of years, a stable climate helped create this biodiversity hotspot. Climate change now threatens it.
Scientists have long wondered if the wooly mammoth went extinct due to high levels of inbreeding.
Genomic research stands to help develop new medical treatments – and we need donations of lots of data for this to work. But people don’t want data on their genes to be exploited for profit.
Research has revealed how British otters may have been able to recover from species loss in the 1950s with the help of otters from Asia.
Effective use of genomic identification could revolutionize the control of the illegal timber trade.
Genetic analysis reveals one of the teenagers probably had advanced gum disease.
Blood isn’t sterile, and analyzing the bacteria in it could help assess the health of fish and prevent the collapse of their populations.
Cranberries add color and acidity to Thanksgiving menus, but they also have many interesting botanical and genetic features.
Genetic testing can help take the guesswork out of finding the right treatment. For certain diseases. To an extent.
Ancient DNA from Ukraine uncovers the earliest evidence of the arrival of the ‘steppe ancestry’ – the last piece of the modern Western European genetic puzzle.
Our new genomic research finally solves a 150 years of scientific mystery about the unusual and ancient pygmy right whale.
Genetic evidence reveals a long, previously unknown period of adaptation to cold climates in the history of ancient human migrations across the globe.
Time and information is of the essence when tackling infectious diseases across countries and continents.
An appreciation for the moths that chomp holes in your clothes. They eat the inedible, occupy the uninhabitable and overcome every evolutionary obstacle in their way.
Climate change is bringing heightened droughts, heat stress and floods. For our fruit trees, that means tougher conditions. To prepare means mining their genomes to hunt for resilience.
The genetic study challenges previous theories about the origins and culture of the Picts.
On DNA Day, Canada should be inspired by the lifesaving discoveries of its researchers. However, lack of funding threatens Canadian researchers’ ability to meet the challenges of the future.
DNA analysis sheds light on important societies within Africa that existed before colonialism.
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Distinguished Research Professor, Emerita, Dalhousie University
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Emeritus Robert Reford Professor and Professor of Medicine, McGill University
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Director of Research and Professor of Pathology, Dalhousie University
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Professor in Molecular Archaeology, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University
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Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian University
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Vanier Scholar and Ph.D. Candidate in Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University
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Executive Director, Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
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Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge
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Associate Professor | Director, DNA Zoo Australia, The University of Western Australia
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Assistant Professor/Canada Research Chair in emerging viruses, University of Manitoba
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Junior Fellow, MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance; Medical Student, Dalhousie University
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne
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Research Scientist and Principal Investigator at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan
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Group Leader, Genomics and Bioinformatics, Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Medicine and Vice President, Research, McMaster University
