An assumption fundamental to medical genetics is that the DNA sequence of an allele at a particular locus will (in the vast majority of instances) be faithfully transcribed into RNA and translated into protein. This assumption has been largely accepted in spite of...
In an 1858 humorous poem The Deacon’s Masterpiece, or the Wondeful One Hoss Shay, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. described a carriage so artfully constructed as to have no weakest link. The carriage ran smoothly for exactly a hundred years, and then one day it went...
What are the consequences of the disappearing human microbiota? by Martin J. Blaser and Stanley Falkow in Nature Reviews Microbiology doi:10.1038/nrmicro2245 Who are we? From prions and organelles up through neighborhoods and nation-states, we are groups...
Early Development and Reproductive Health in Later Life One of five workshops in a conference on Evolution and Diseases of Modern Environments Organized by Randolph Nesse, at the Berlin Charité, October 13-14, 2009 In conjunction with The World Health Summit...
Summary Notes: Diet and Nutrition Workshop Workshop Rapporteurs: Jay T Stock (U Cambridge) Claudia R Valeggia (U Pennsylvania) Workshop Leader: William R Leonard (Northwestern) One of five workshops in a conference on “Evolution and Diseases of Modern...