Showing posts with label genetics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label genetics. Show all posts

Saturday, January 17, 2009

DNA test may unlock secrets of manuscripts

ScienceDaily (2009-01-17)

Scholars have long struggled with questions about when and where the majority of the thousands of painstakingly handwritten books produced in medieval Europe originated. Now a researcher is using modern advances in genetics to develop techniques that will shed light on the origins of these important cultural artifacts.

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Saturday, January 10, 2009

RNA that replicates itself indefinitely

ScienceDaily (2009-01-10) --

One of the most enduring questions is how life could have begun on Earth. Molecules that can make copies of themselves are thought to be crucial to understanding this process as they provide the basis for heritability, a critical characteristic of living systems. New findings could inform biochemical questions about how life began.


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