Today’s pick on The DNA Network
Ok, I admit, the title is misleading, ’cause I haven’t actually looked through all the posts and picked my favourites, but I did scan it briefly and found two interesting posts that I’d like to share here.
The first is a fun story about UV light mutating (and destroying) DNA from Bitesize Bio. I don’t know what to expect here — I have never been allowed inside a lab — but it seams that UV light is a lot more damaging that expected (at least than expected by Nick, the author) so if it is common to visualise DNA using UV light, are we damaging that we should be studying?
The second is a paper review on Genetic Future on the genetics of metabolic diseases — more related to my own research areas. I haven’t read the paper myself — yet — so I am just describing the review here.
The study is on genetic variation in metabolic genes and their correlation with environmental factors, and argues for selection, rather than simple genetic drift. An interesting read.
February 27th, 2008 at 9:38 am
A few weeks ago, I thought I’d do a round-up of recent posts on The DNA Network. After going through half of the 47 blogs, I had to give up because I was exhausted!
February 27th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Yeah, it is close to impossible to keep up with all the posts. I look through the list a couple of times a day — in the morning before work and then in the evening after — but I bet I miss the majority of posts and I would never be able to comment on half of them.
March 9th, 2008 at 6:14 am
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