Transposable elements (TEs) are genetic elements with the ability to mobilize and replicate
themselves in a genome. Mammalian genomes are dominated by TEs, which can reach …

High-throughput sequencing methods have facilitated obtaining large amounts of data from
degraded DNA, thus resulting in a dramatic increase in destructive sampling requests to …

Multiplex genome editing is the simultaneous introduction of multiple distinct modifications to
a given genome. Though in its infancy, maturation of this field will facilitate powerful new …

In recent years, archaeological, archaeozoological and population genetic studies have
increasingly converged on a southwest Asian origin for the four Neolithic farm animals …

Comparative genomics considers the detection of similarities and differences between
extant genomes, and, based on more or less formalized hypotheses regarding the involved …

New methods in DNA analyses, particularly the development of Next Generation
Sequencing, have opened up new opportunities for aDNA studies in general and increased …

With the ongoing growth of gene-based research in recent decades, examining changes
that have taken place in structures over the course of evolution has become increasingly …

Das vorliegende Buch „'Neues Leben 'aus dem Labor? Biowissenschaftliche und ethische
Aspekte der Synthetischen Biologie “widmet sich einem der wichtigsten Themen der …

This study examines remains of the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) found
inside the Austrian Alps, an area occupied by an extensive ice-stream network during the …

History leaves traces in the human genome as well as those of pathogens and
domesticates. While much can be gleaned from the genetic fossils preserved in extant …