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Brain’s Evolutionary Explosion Linked to Ancient Retrovirus Infection A new study has unraveled a mystery that is key to understanding the course of human and animal evolution. A team of genetic researchers from Altos

New Discovery Brings Nearly Dead Plants Back to Life Discovery brings nearly dead plants back to life. Scientists have been aware of a specific organelle in plant cells for more than a hundred years. However, UC Riverside scientists have only now discovered the organelle’s key role in aging. The researchers initially set out to understand more gen

Immune cells linked to allergies can kill cancer The newly discovered cancer-killing abilities of a type of immune cell linked to allergies suggests it could be a new immunotherapy.

Accurate detection of identity-by-descent segments in human ancient DNA - Nature Genetics ancIBD identifies identity-by-descent regions in ancient DNA using a hidden Markov model optimized for these low-coverage data. Analysis of 4,248 individuals demonstrates that ancIBD can identify up to sixth-degree relatives and provides genealogical insights into ancient populations.