Physical and mental exercise is not only beneficial for your own brain, but can also affect the learning ability of future offspring — at least in mice. This particular form of inheritance is mediated by certain RNA molecules that influence gene activity. These molecules accumulate in both the brain and germ cells following physical and mental activity. Prof. André Fischer and colleagues from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Goettingen and Munich and the University Medical Center Goettingen (UMG) report these findings in the journal Cell Reports. Continue reading “Does physical activity influence the health of future offspring?”
Space is proved hostile to DNA
Spending a year in space not only changes your outlook, it transforms your gene expression. Continue reading “Space is proved hostile to DNA”
To Διάστημα είναι εχθρικό στο DNA
Μια ξεχωριστή περίπτωση στον κόσμο των αστροναυτών είναι ο Σκοτ και ο Μαρκ Κέλι όχι μόνο επειδή είναι αδέλφια, γεγονός εξαιρετικά σπάνιο στην κοινότητα των αστροναυτών αλλά και επειδή είναι ομοζυγώτες δίδυμοι δηλαδή ίδιοι και… απαράλλαχτοι. Continue reading “To Διάστημα είναι εχθρικό στο DNA”
Ancient DNA Analysis of 8000 B.C. Near Eastern Farmers Supports an Early Neolithic Pioneer Maritime Colonization of Mainland Europe through Cyprus and the Aegean Islands
Here you can read the ‘abstract’ of the corresponding paper by Eva Fernández , Alejandro Pérez-Pérez, Cristina Gamba, Eva Prats, Pedro Cuesta, Josep Anfruns, Miquel Molist, Eduardo Arroyo-Pardo, Daniel Turbón
Ancient DNA reveals that modern Greeks are indeed descendants of Minoans and Mycenaeans
The Minoan Civilization and its counterpart on the Greek Mainland, the Mycenaean Civilization, were Europe’s first literate societies and the cultural ancestors of later Classical Greece. Continue reading “Ancient DNA reveals that modern Greeks are indeed descendants of Minoans and Mycenaeans”
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