As legal access to marijuana continues expanding across the U.S., more scientists are studying the effects of its active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), in teens, adults and pregnant women. Continue reading “Exposure to cannabis alters the genetic profile of sperm”
Genetic changes associated with physical activity reported
Time spent sitting, sleeping and moving is determined in part by our genes, University of Oxford researchers have shown. Continue reading “Genetic changes associated with physical activity reported”
Ancient genomes suggest the eastern Pontic-Caspian steppe as the source of western Iron Age nomads
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Krzewińska M, Kılınç GM, Juras A, Koptekin D, Chyleński M, Nikitin AG, Shcherbakov N, Shuteleva I, Leonova T, Kraeva L, Sungatov FA, Sultanova AN, Potekhina I, Łukasik S, Krenz-Niedbała M, Dalén L, Sinika V, Jakobsson M, Storå J, Götherström A. Continue reading “Ancient genomes suggest the eastern Pontic-Caspian steppe as the source of western Iron Age nomads”
The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by de Barros Damgaard P, Martiniano R, Kamm J, Moreno-Mayar JV, Kroonen G, Peyrot M, Barjamovic G, Rasmussen S, Zacho C, Baimukhanov N, Zaibert V, Merz V, Biddanda A, Merz I, Loman V, Evdokimov V, Usmanova E, Hemphill B, Seguin-Orlando A, Yediay FE, Ullah I, Sjögren KG, Iversen KH, Choin J, de la Fuente C, Ilardo M, Schroeder H, Moiseyev V, Gromov A, Polyakov A, Omura S, Senyurt SY, Ahmad H, McKenzie C, Margaryan A, Hameed A, Samad A, Gul N, Khokhar MH, Goriunova OI, Bazaliiskii VI, Novembre J, Weber AW, Orlando L, Allentoft ME, Nielsen R, Kristiansen K, Sikora M, Outram AK, Durbin R, Willerslev E. Continue reading “The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia”
Diverse origin of mitochondrial lineages in Iron Age Black Sea Scythians
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Juras A, Krzewińska M, Nikitin AG, Ehler E, Chyleński M, Łukasik S, Krenz-Niedbała M, Sinika V, Piontek J, Ivanova S, Dabert M, Götherström A. Continue reading “Diverse origin of mitochondrial lineages in Iron Age Black Sea Scythians”
Bronze Age population dynamics and the rise of dairy pastoralism on the eastern Eurasian steppe
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Jeong C, Wilkin S, Amgalantugs T, Bouwman AS, Taylor WTT, Hagan RW, Bromage S, Tsolmon S, Trachsel C, Grossmann J, Littleton J, Makarewicz CA, Krigbaum J, Burri M, Scott A, Davaasambuu G, Wright J, Irmer F, Myagmar E, Boivin N, Robbeets M, Rühli FJ, Krause J, Frohlich B, Hendy J, Warinner C. Continue reading “Bronze Age population dynamics and the rise of dairy pastoralism on the eastern Eurasian steppe”