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.
CORRECTION: EBI Funding Falls 10 Percent in 2009
January 20, 2010
External funding to EBI declined in 2009, not including funding for the ELIXR consortium, but was offset somewhat by an increase in funding from EBI's parent, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory.
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