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Category Archives: Genetics
Three papers: January 13-19, 2019
Three papers that caught my attention this week in the world of human evolution: * “Limits of long-term selection against Neandertal introgression.” Petr Martin, Svante Pääbo, Janet Kelso, and Benjamin Vernot It is now well-established the early “modern” humans (that … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Evolution, Fossils, Genetics
Tagged admixture, morphology, Neandertal, sediba
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A Tale of Two Maps: Ancient DNA and Ancient Hominins
A while back Chris Stringer linked to a wonderful interactive map on twitter. Still being updated, a great resource by @nickyrozenblatt mapping published ancient genomes + sources https://t.co/WFCZRNOw8O — Chris Stringer (@ChrisStringer65) December 12, 2018 The map, put together by … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Demography, Evolution, Fossils, Genetics
Tagged aDNA, biogeography, paleodemography
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The importance of 300,000 year old cave bear mtDNA
A just released paper in PNAS that reconstructs the mitochondrial DNA of a >300,000 year old cave bear lineage is getting some attention…and for good reason (Dabney, et al., 2013). You might wonder who cares about ancient cave bear lineages … Continue reading
Posted in Fossils, Genetics
Tagged aDNA, Ancient DNA, Atapuerca, cave bear, Denisova, Neandertal, sima de los huesos
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Breaking: SCOTUS releases Myriad decision (gene patent case)
Full text of decision here (pdf), more thoughts from me later… Background on Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. (SCOTUSblog) From the opinion (Justice Thomas writing for the unanimous decision, with Justice Scalia concurring, in part, and writing … Continue reading
Posted in Genetics
Tagged gene patents, legal anthropology, myriad, SCOTUS
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Privacy is a societal issue, not a personal one
The recent SCOTUS decision in the Maryland v. King case has produced a lot of interesting follow-up commentaries. A sampling of a few of them are linked below: Panopticon, keep your eyes on the word (Ronald Collins, SCOTUSBlog) DNA Fingerprinting … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Genetics
Tagged Maryland v King, nsa, personal genomics, prism, privacy
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Room for Debate: Gene patents
This week’s NY Times “Room for Debate” segment is focused on gene patents. With a SCOTUS ruling expected any day on the issue in the Myriad case, this is something that will likely be in the news. Check it out.
Posted in Genetics
Tagged brca1, brca2, gene patents, legal anthropology, myriad
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Maryland v. King: Another step towards a DNA age
I am not a legal expert. What follows is in no way intended to be a legal exegesis of the arguments at stake in the recently decided Maryland v King supreme court case. However, I do know something about genomics … Continue reading
Posted in Genetics
Tagged DNA identification, legal anthropology, Maryland v King, personal genomics, SCOTUS
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Breaking: Supreme court rules against DNA privacy
With June here, the Supreme Court is beginning to release their opinions on this term’s cases. One of the first announced this morning is the case of Maryland v. King (I wrote about the case earlier). At stake is whether … Continue reading
Posted in Genetics
Tagged DNA fingerprinting, Maryland v King, personal genomics, privacy, SCOTUS
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What I am attempting to read today…
…before returning to the field. Properties and rates of germline mutations in humans (C.D. Campbell, E.E. Eichler) Trends in Genetics, 17 May 2013, 10.1016/j.tig.2013.04.005 ABSTRACT: All genetic variation arises via new mutations; therefore, determining the rate and biases for different … Continue reading
Posted in Fossils, Genetics
Tagged mutation rate, Neandertals, weaning
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