According to a study by Stanford University and the University of Florida, yes. By examining the choices consumers make with identical twin sets, Itamar Simonson and his colleagues showed that there are preferences that are dictated by genetics and are not merely cultural, as we often think. According to Simonson are inherited mainly: the preference for useful and necessary things (for example, batteries) over "whims" (such as chocolate).
Scientists from the National Primate Research Center of Oregon (USA) have created the first chimeric monkeys, that is, primates that combine cells with up to six different genomes. Until now the possibility of creating chimeric animals was limited to rodents. The milestone is published in the latest issue of the journal 'Cell'.
Although it is clear that dogs are descended from wolves, scientists disagree on where the domestication process began. A new genetic study published in the journal Heredity indicates that this could have occurred in the Asian region of the Yangtze River, in China.
An international DNA testing company, easyDNA, has announced the launch of a new paternity test that, unlike conventional tests, is performed before the birth of the child and also does not pose a risk to the health of mother and child.
A team of Canadian researchers has sequenced the DNA of a marijuana strain that is widely used for medicinal purposes. The investigation. The sequence, published in 'Genome Biology', aims to find out the changes in the genome that led to the production of drugs by the plant.
The complete DNA sequence of a woman who lived 115 years has been deciphered by European scientists. The old woman was the oldest in the world at the time of her death, but she possessed the mind of someone several decades younger and no sign of insanity.
When it comes to health and illness, women can be considered the stronger sex. To date, various studies have shown that their immune system is more resistant. Now, research from the University of Ghent (Belgium) claims to have found the explanation for these differences in the microRNAs encoded on the female double X chromosome.
Sirtuins, proteins believed to have the ability to significantly increase the life expectancy of a number of organisms, do not actually affect the longevity of living things, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
