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Finding rewrites the evolutionary history of the origin of potatoes

... potatoes were domesticated from wild relatives by indigenous agriculturalists more than 7,000 years ago, says Spooner. Today, the potato - an international dietary staple - is a major crop in both the United States and in Wisconsin, which is fourth in the nation for potato production. Potato diseases such ...

Genetically modified maize not found in southern Mexico

...ed States found no evidence of transgenes in these indigenous varieties. The finding surprised the researchers, said Allison Snow, a professor of evolution, ecology and organismal biology at Ohio State University . She helped lead the study that appears online this week in the Early Edition of the Proceedings ...

High-Throughput GoMiner

...vidence for the common ancestry of Polynesians and indigenous Taiwanese. Genetic techniques involving mitochond...east Asian peoples. Trejaut et al. found that the indigenous Taiwanese, Melanesian, and Polynesian populations share three specific mutations in their mtDNA that...

Genetic link confirmed between Polynesians and indigenous Taiwanese

...vidence for the common ancestry of Polynesians and indigenous Taiwanese. Genetic techniques involving mitochond...east Asian peoples. Trejaut et al. found that the indigenous Taiwanese, Melanesian, and Polynesian populations share three specific mutations in their mtDNA that...

Lactose intolerance linked to ancestral environment

... (the inability to digest dairy products) from 270 indigenous African and Eurasian populations in 39 countries, from southern Africa to northern Greenland. Their findings will be published in a forthcoming issue of Evolution and Human Behavior. On average, Sherman and Bloom found that 61 percent of people stud...

Neanderthal teeth grew no faster than comparable modern humans'

...e currently living in Newcastle-upon-Tyne , U.K. ; indigenous people from southern Africa, and Inuit from Alaska dating from 500 B.C. until the present. "We chose these three groups since they would provide a good cross-section of various populations from different regions of the world," she said. "We feel th...

From a Few Wild Ancestors, a Citrus Cornucopia

...servation—conserving plants and organisms in their indigenous habitats—offers research opportunities available nowhere else. Like outdoor laboratories, citrus preserves allow the timeless interplay between citrus plants and their pesky pests and pathogens to carry on untouched—providing scientists with importan...

A hope for oil spill bioremediation

...article in Environmental Microbiology reveals that indigenous microbiota of the Galician shore is readily able t...he contamination record of the past in that coast, indigenous populations had evolved to select for organisms able to grow and degrade components of crude oil. ...

The biggest family tree ever

...ing field research and collecting DNA samples from indigenous peoples throughout the world. The field component of the project is underwritten by the Waitt Family Foundation. UA is participating in a different aspect of the project, analyzing samples submitted by the public. Individuals can become part of the ...

World's largest rainforest drying experiment completes first phase

...is home to more plant and animal species, and more indigenous cultures, than any other forest in the world. According to Nepstad, with the completion of this first phase of the experiment, attention will turn to another future scenario for the world's tropical rainforests. Namely, how does the forest recover, ...

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