Department of Human Genetics | University of Chicago http://genes.uchicago.edu Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:55:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 First Study to Demonstrate Link Between Social Status and Genetic Regulation in Primates http://genes.uchicago.edu/contents/research-highlights/first-study-to-demonstrate-link-between-social-status-and-genetic-regulation-in-primates.html http://genes.uchicago.edu/contents/research-highlights/first-study-to-demonstrate-link-between-social-status-and-genetic-regulation-in-primates.html#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:55:19 +0000 Jessica http://genes.uchicago.edu/?p=1156 Yoav Gilad, PhD, associate professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago Medicine, and Jenny Tung, postdoctoral researcher at the time, discovered that dominance ranking affects genetic regulation in captive rhesus macaque monkeys.

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]]> http://genes.uchicago.edu/contents/research-highlights/prehistoric-proteins-raising-the-dead.html/feed/ 0 Scientists Map Hotspots for Genetic Exchange in Chimpanzees http://genes.uchicago.edu/contents/research-highlights/scientists-map-hotspots-for-genetic-exchange-in-chimpanzees.html http://genes.uchicago.edu/contents/research-highlights/scientists-map-hotspots-for-genetic-exchange-in-chimpanzees.html#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:29:34 +0000 Jessica http://genes.uchicago.edu/?p=1151 Scientists at the University of Chicago collaborated on the construction of the first genetic map in chimpanzees – mapping the exchange of genetic material within a chromosome.

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]]> http://genes.uchicago.edu/contents/research-highlights/scientists-map-hotspots-for-genetic-exchange-in-chimpanzees.html/feed/ 0 Scientists Recreate Evolution of Complexity Using ‘Molecular Time Travel’ http://genes.uchicago.edu/contents/research-highlights/scientists-recreate-evolution-of-complexity-using-molecular-time-travel.html http://genes.uchicago.edu/contents/research-highlights/scientists-recreate-evolution-of-complexity-using-molecular-time-travel.html#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:28:54 +0000 Jessica http://genes.uchicago.edu/?p=1137 Joe Thornton, PhD, professor of human genetics and evolution at the University of Chicago, led a team of scientists to demonstrate how just a few small, high-probability mutations increased the complexity of a molecular machine more than 800 million years ago.
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