Hunting affected bear genetics more than Ice age isolation

Sciencedaily reports that It was not the isolation of the Ice Age that determined the genetic distribution of bears, as has long been thought. This is shown by an international research team led from Uppsala University in Sweden in the latest issue of Molecular Ecology. One possible interpretation is that the hunting of bears by humans [...]

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Monsanto Choice Genetics to be aquired by Newsham Genetics

Newsham Genetics, LC announced recently that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Monsanto Choice Genetics, Inc. The transaction will be completed as soon as practical. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The acquisition of Monsanto Choice Genetics, Inc. (MCG) will further strengthen Newsham’s expanding base of business, according to Newsham [...]

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Changing environment, effects on the genetic structure.

What is the fundamental creative force behind life on Earth? It’s a question that has vexed mankind for millennia, and thanks to theory and almost a year’s worth of number-crunching on a supercomputer, Rice University physicist and bioengineer Michael Deem thinks he has the answer: A changing environment may organize the structure of genetic information [...]

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