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University of New Hampshire
New research on mutation in yeast can enhance understanding of human diseases
July 4th, 2008
Yeast, a model organism heavily relied upon for studying basic biological processes as they relate to human health, mutates in a distinctly different pattern than other model organisms, a finding that brings researchers closer to understanding the role of evolutionary genetics in human diseases and cancer. The study, by researchers from the University of New Hampshire, Indiana University, Harvard University, and the University of Utah, appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) Online Early Edition this week (June 16 – 20, 2008). "In biology, the mutation is an absolutely fundamental process, essential to evolution but also the source of all...
Source: Genomics & Genetics Weekly (2008-07-04)
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