Connection Between Epigenome, Selective Mutability, Evolution, and Human Disease
Li, Harris et al., PLoS Genetics
Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine and elsewhere propose a "connection between the epigenome, selective mutability, evolution, and human disease" based on the findings of their study on associations of structural mutability with germline DNA methylation and with non-allelic homologous recombination mediated by low-copy repeats. "Combined evidence from four human sperm methylome maps, human genome evolution, structural polymorphisms in the human population, and previous genomic and disease studies consistently points to a strong association of germline hypomethylation and genomic instability," the Baylor-led team writes.
Harvard’s STORM Microscopy Enables Nanoscopic Imaging of Cell Structures
December 19, 2008
The ability to directly visualize nanoscopic cellular structures and their spatial relationship in all three dimensions will greatly enhance scientists’ understanding of molecular processes in cells.
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