Tag: genetic sequencing

Neanderthal Boyfriends

Ugh, still dating that NEANDERTHAL? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Fifty thousand years ago, that was normal! Huh?! Alexander Platt and team at the University of Pennsylvania investigated. These encounters left clues in DNA. Remember: Mothers always pass X chromosomes, while fathers pass X

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High Steak Genomes

People are always asking where’s the beef, but never WHO’S THE BEEF? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. For eons, we lacked the technology to tell the genomic difference between wagyu cows and… other cows. Thank god those days are over. Enter Paulene S. Pineda

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