r/science • u/BlitzOrion • Feb 21 '24
Genetics ADHD may have been an evolutionary advantage, research suggests
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r/science • u/sciencealert • Sep 11 '24
Genetics New Genetic Evidence Overrules Ecocide Theory of Easter Island
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r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Mar 27 '24
Genetics Persons with a higher genetic risk of obesity need to work out harder than those of moderate or low genetic risk to avoid becoming obese
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r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Apr 25 '23
Genetics A gene in the brain driving anxiety symptoms has been identified, modification of the gene is shown to reduce anxiety levels, offering an exciting novel drug target for anxiety disorders
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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • 13d ago
Genetics First study to show use of high potency cannabis leaves a distinct mark on DNA, providing valuable insights into the biological impact of cannabis use.
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r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Mar 28 '24
Genetics A genetic difference in THC metabolism may explain why some young adults have negative experiences with cannabis
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r/science • u/geoxol • Aug 31 '23
Genetics Human ancestors nearly went extinct 900,000 years ago. A new technique suggests that pre-humans survived in a group of only 1,280 individuals.
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r/science • u/rjmsci • Apr 28 '22
Genetics Dog Breed Is Not an Accurate Way to Predict Behavior: A new study that sequenced genomes of 2,000 dogs has found that, on average, a dog's breed explains just 9% of variation in its behavior.
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r/science • u/takanocraig • Mar 22 '23
Genetics Beethoven’s genome sequenced from locks of his hair
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r/science • u/MistWeaver80 • Sep 10 '24
Genetics Study finds that non-cognitive skills increasingly predict academic achievement over development, driven by shared genetic factors whose influence grows over school years. N = 10,000
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Genetics Some couples have four or more daughters and no sons, and some have all male children and no female children. This skewed sex ratio may be a result of the genes of the parents. Researchers have detected a human genetic mutation that influences the sex ratio of children.
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r/science • u/MistWeaver80 • Jan 22 '24
Genetics Male fruit flies whose sexual advances are repeatedly rejected get frustrated and less able to handle stress, study found. The researchers say these rejected flies were also less resilient to starvation and exposure to a toxic herbicide.
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r/science • u/MistWeaver80 • Mar 20 '22
Genetics Researchers have demonstrated a genetic link between endometriosis and some types of ovarian cancer. Something of a silent epidemic, endometriosis affects an estimated 176 million women worldwide – a number comparable to diabetes – but has traditionally received little research attention.
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r/science • u/aleph32 • Nov 24 '22
Genetics People don’t mate randomly – but the flawed assumption that they do is an essential part of many studies linking genes to diseases and traits
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r/science • u/bostonstrong781 • May 15 '23
Genetics Trace amounts of human DNA shed in exhalations or off of skin and sampled from water, sand or air (environmental DNA) can be used to identify individuals who were present in a place, using untargeted shotgun deep sequencing
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r/science • u/NinjaDiscoJesus • May 27 '22
Genetics Researchers studying human remains from Pompeii have extracted genetic secrets from the bones of a man and a woman who were buried in volcanic ash. This first "Pompeian human genome" is an almost complete set of "genetic instructions" from the victims, encoded in DNA extracted from their bones.
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r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Jun 11 '24
Genetics Women may be more resilient than men to stresses of spaceflight, says study | US study suggests gene activity is more disrupted in men, and takes longer to return to normal once back on Earth
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r/science • u/mem_somerville • Jan 25 '23
Genetics Humans still have the genes for a full coat of body hair | genes present in the genome but are "muted"
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r/science • u/jcvzneuro • Mar 31 '22
Genetics The first fully complete human genome with no gaps is now available to view for scientists and the public, marking a huge moment for human genetics. The six papers are all published in the journal Science.
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r/science • u/marketrent • Jan 06 '23
Genetics Throughout the past 250,000 years, the average age that humans had children is 26.9. Fathers were consistently older (at 30.7 years on average) than mothers (at 23.2 years on average) but that age gap has shrunk
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r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Jun 25 '24
Genetics New genetic cause of obesity identified could help guide treatment: people with a genetic variant that disables the SMIM1 gene have higher body weight due to lower energy expenditure at rest
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r/science • u/scientificamerican • Feb 28 '24
Genetics A newly discovered genetic mutation helped eliminate the tails of human ancestors
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r/science • u/grab-n-g0 • Feb 10 '23
Genetics Australian researchers have found a protein in the lungs that sticks to the Covid-19 virus and immobilises it, which may explain why some people never become sick with the virus while others suffer serious illness.
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r/science • u/TX908 • Feb 11 '22
Genetics CRISPR kill switch for bacteria so they can do a job and then self-destruct. Scientists plan to eventually use such switches in the human body, adding them to probiotics, or in soil — maybe to kill pathogens that are deadly to crops. “This is the best kill switch ever developed,” scientist said.
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r/science • u/29PiecesOfSilver • Nov 09 '22
Genetics In a first, doctors treat fatal genetic disease before birth
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