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Y Chromosome Defined

One of the sex chromosomes that determines maleness

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Tougher controls sought for DNA ancestry testing

Published July 2, 2009, 11:48 am, UC Newsroom

Regulation would set 'gold standard' in direct-to-consumer genetic tests for genealogy and medical use.

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Bioethicists call for federal regulation of genetic ancestry testing

Published July 2, 2009, 11:33 am, PhysOrg

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the popularity of take-home DNA kits to trace ancestry or calculate the risk for serious medical conditions grows, there is an increasingly critical need for federal oversight of "direct-to consumer" genetic testing, as well as of the use of DNA samples for research, according to researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and several other academic institutions.

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Return of the race myth?

Published July 2, 2009, 3:34 am, New Scientist

The Human Genome Project blew apart the idea that "race" was a biologically meaningful term – but new genetic technologies threaten to revive it, warns Osagie Obasogie

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Study Rewrites Textbook on Key Genetic Phenomenon

Published July 1, 2009, 10:34 am, Newswise

A new UNC study appearing online July 1 in the journal Nature disputes current scientific belief by showing that X-inactivation can occur even in the absence of a gene previously thought to be the trigger of the process.

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UNC study rewrites textbook on key genetic phenomenon

Published July 1, 2009, 10:13 am, EurekAlert!

( University of North Carolina School of Medicine ) A new UNC study appearing online July 1 in the journal Nature disputes current scientific belief by showing that X-inactivation can occur even in the absence of a gene previously thought to be the trigger of the process.

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Female Human Embryos Adjust The Balance Of X Chromosomes Before Implantation

Published June 30, 2009, 8:11 am, Medical News Today

Dutch researchers have found the first evidence that a process of inactivating the X chromosome during embryo development and implantation, which was known to occur in mice but unknown in humans, does, in fact, take place in human female embryos prior to implantation in the womb.

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Female human embryos adjust the balance of X chromosomes before implantation

Published June 29, 2009, 7:08 am, EurekAlert!

( European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology ) Dutch researchers have found the first evidence that a process of inactivating the X chromosome during embryo development and implantation, which was known to occur in mice but unknown in humans, does, in fact, take place in human female embryos prior to implantation in the womb.

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Researchers Find First Evidence That Female Human Embryos Adjust The Balance Of X

Published June 29, 2009, 7:03 am, redOrbit

Dutch researchers have found the first evidence that a process of inactivating the X chromosome during embryo development and implantation, which was known to occur in mice but unknown in humans, does, in fact, take place in human female embryos prior to implantation in the womb.Ms Ilse van den Berg told the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in ...

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First Evidence That Female Human Embryos Adjust The Balance Of X

Published June 29, 2009, 6:21 am, Science Daily

Researchers have found the first evidence that a process of inactivating the X chromosome during embryo development and implantation, which was known to occur in mice but unknown in humans, does, in fact, take place in human female embryos prior to implantation in the womb.

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