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.
Transgenomic Expands License from Dana Farber to Include Ice COLD-PCR
March 14, 2011
COLD-PCR selectively amplifies mutant PCR "by recognizing that mutant DNA strands denature at lower temperatures in a PCR reaction than normal DNA," and Ice COLD-PCR further enhances the sensitivity of mutation detection.
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