Teasing out my cultural connections through genetics
Special note: Talking about personal genetics is difficult: what you say not only reveals so much about you, but also your parents, your siblings, and your chil...
Tag: genetics
Repeated evolution in sticklebacks, and adjacent possibles
“Researchers have documented repeated evolution in other organisms, but the sticklebacks are unique because the freshwater transition has occurred so many...
The wacky world of horizontal gene transfer, genomic variants, and what we think are microbial species
“The main difference from eukaryotes is that prokaryotic reproduction is independent of DNA acquisition and recombination. Instead, DNA is obtained from f...
The Impact of a Consortium of Fermented Milk Strains on the Gut Microbiome of Gnotobiotic Mice and Monozygotic Twins
“The results also showed that (i) consumption of an FMP containing five bacterial strains was not associated with a statistically significant change in th...
A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing : Nature
“Beyond providing the global view of the human gut microbiome, the extensive gene catalogue we have established enables future studies of association of t...
Genome Sequence of E. coli O104:H4 Leads to Rapid Development of a Targeted Antimicrobial Agent against This Emerging Pathogen – PLoS ONE
“A recent widespread outbreak of Escherichia coli O104:H4 in Germany demonstrates the dynamic nature of emerging and re-emerging food-borne pathogens, par...
Bacterial genomics: A new source of antimicrobial targets : Nature Reviews Microbiology
“Bacterial clone-based genome sequencing frequently results in gaps, which harbour hypothetical genes of unknown function. Sorek and colleagues show that ...
Macro and Micro Diversity of Clostridium difficile Isolates from Diverse Sources and Geographical Locations – PLoS ONE
“Clostridium difficile has emerged rapidly as the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrheal disease, with the temporal and geographical appearance ...
Patterns of Gene Flow Define Species of Thermophilic Archaea: PLoS Biology
“Patterns of homologous gene flow among genomes of 12 strains from a single hot spring in Kamchatka, Russia, demonstrate higher levels of gene flow within...
PLoS Biology: How Bacteria Turn Fiber into Food
“Now, a new study by Eric Martens, David Bolam, and colleagues has looked into how a pair of the most common species of gut bacteria metabolize polysaccha...