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| Genomes of malaria-carrying mosquitoes sequenced Posted: 27 Nov 2014 06:23 PM PST Scientists have sequenced the genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquito species from around the world. Anopheles mosquitoes are responsible for transmitting human malaria parasites that cause an estimated 200 million cases and more than 600 thousand deaths each year. However, of the almost 500 different Anopheles species, only a few dozen can carry the parasite and only a handful of species are responsible for the vast majority of transmissions. |
| Ancient dental plaque: A 'whey' into our milk drinking past? Posted: 27 Nov 2014 06:49 AM PST We drink milk because it is good for us, but we rarely stop to think why. Archaeologists and geneticists have been puzzling this question since it was revealed that the mutations which enable adults to drink milk are under the strongest selection of any in the human genome. |
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