Thursday, December 4, 2008

Tracing Evolution in Genes

Conditions such as cardiovascular disease and autism have resisted useful genetic analysis because they are likely caused by multiple, interacting genetic components. Nielsen's techniques, which make statistical associations between multiple genes, are ideal for the job. Once a suite of genes is linked with a disease, scientists can make far more rapid progress developing cures that could someday benefit human and chimpanzee alike.




http://sciencematters.berkeley.edu/archives/volume5/issue38/story3.php




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