Category Archives: Genetics

Mediterranean great white sharks came from Australia

Posted on November 17, 2010 by BomaiCruz

Remember Bruce, the Great white shark with that good old Australian accent in Andrew Stanton’s 2003 movie Finding Nemo? Poor guy never knew his father and that was the first thing to come to mind when going through an article … Continue reading →

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Collecting DNA from Cetacean Blow

Posted on August 26, 2010 by BomaiCruz

Advancements in molecular biology especially after Kary Mullis invented a method of amplifying DNA by Polymerase Chain Reactions (PCR), has seen the scientific world gone crazy trying to understand extinction, evolution and speciation. The usual practice of using biopsy samples … Continue reading →

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How do we differentiate between species?

Posted on August 11, 2010 by BomaiCruz

When I started working with DNA sequences to determine population structure and species diversity, the first things that set in my mind were to keep the DNA sequences as long as possible and also that a single base pair change … Continue reading →

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