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Ancient DNA exposes virus that hacked its way into human genes
Ancient DNA is turning human evolution into a crime scene reconstruction, and one of the prime suspects is a herpesvirus that ...
Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...
Some DNA passed down from ancient hunter-gatherers has been found to be a crucial force in living to be 100 years old.
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New DNA Study Links Human's Low Pain Tolerance to Ancient Genetic Roots
For many people, discomfort during a medical injection or a long tattoo session feels especially intense. According to new ...
The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...
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DNA from ancient viral infections helps embryos develop, mouse study reveals
A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in ...
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Ancient Genomes From 2,500-Year-Old-Skeleton Offer First Proof Of Humanity's Long History With Herpes
Altogether, they reconstructed 11 ancient herpesvirus genomes. The oldest came from a young girl found in southern Italy who ...
Link found between super-agers, or people with exceptional longevity, to inherited DNA from Ice Age hunter-gatherer ...
When Matthias Meyer began studying the ancient DNA in the 400,000 year old fossils he found in the Sima de los Huesos, or Pit of Bones cave, deep beneath the Atapuerca mountains in Spain, he was ...
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