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An elusive type of killer whale has long slipped through the fingers of scientists, but DNA samples collected from a skeleton at a New Zealand museum may shed new light on a rare and dangeroustype of Orcinus orca whale.

Scientists have long believed that there may be four types of species or subspecies of killer whale that differ slightly in their behavior and appearance.

It was not until 1955, when a pod of strange-looking whales washed ashore on a New Zealand beach and a skeleton was preserved in a Wellington museum that scientists were able to study the supposed "type D" killer whale.

In a new study, DNA from the bones of the skeleton were studied and documented in the journal Polar Biology, reporting the discovery of the second oldest orca type, diverging from other killer whales approximately 390,000 years ago.

The skeleton is the only known specimen of the type D killer whale.

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Posted at: 06/25/2013 12:28 PM By: Elizabeth Reed, KOB.com

A DNA expert took the stand today in the murder trial against former Albuquerque police officer Levi Chavez.

Alanna Williams of the Albuquerque Crime Lab discussed how blood was analyzed on the gun found next to Tera Chavez's body. She said she found both Chavez and his wife's DNA on the weapon, but she could not determine if Tera shot the weapon.

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APD officer Regina Sanchez, who dated Chavez in 2006, also testified Tuesday. She said Tera called and told her off after finding out about their affair.

Talks of extramarital affairs have dominated the trial over the past few days. On Monday, the jury heard from Samantha Wheeler, the maid of honor at the Chavez's wedding. She said she learned of the affair Tera had with her husband after she was found dead.

Jurors also heard from Wheeler's husband, Nicholas, on Friday.

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BROOKFIELD, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Fiserv, Inc. (FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced that MIDFLORIDA Credit Union, based in Lakeland, Fla. with assets over $1.9 billion, has selected the DNA account processing platform from Open Solutions, now part of Fiserv, to gain greater visibility into its 195,000 member relationships. Leaders of MIDFLORIDA Credit Union based their decision on the platforms member-centric design, scalability and easy integration with their new and existing Fiserv solutions.

With our expansion over the past several years, both organic and via merger, we require an account processing platform that can scale with our growth ambitions while deepening our ability to provide exceptional personal service. Weve found the solution with DNA, said Steve Moseley, executive vice president, MIDFLORIDA. DNA will give us a 360 degree view of our member relationships while its open architecture will allow us to streamline the delivery of cutting-edge Fiserv solutions.

Recognized by industry leading analysts for its best-in-class technology, user experience and breadth of functionality, DNA from Fiserv is the first open, relationship-centered core banking platform built for global collaboration. DNA is a 24/7 continuous, real-time platform that employs a relational data model designed around the person, not the transaction, so MIDFLORIDA staff can securely analyze their retail and small business member relationships by person, product or account. DNA provides a scalable infrastructure that will enable MIDFLORIDA to grow rapidly without sacrificing efficiency or service excellence.

DNA will help MIDFLORIDA roll out new products quickly and easily with the personalized service its members expect, said Steve Cameron, president, Open Solutions Division, Fiserv. MIDFLORIDA can realize efficiency and automation gains from the platform and solutions from Fiserv, as well as custom built applications developed by other banks and credit unions collaborating on the DNA platform. Its this flexible foundation and comprehensive solution set that keeps attracting forward-thinking banks and credit unions to DNA.

MIDFLORIDA will optimize its investment with Best Practices services and several new solutions from Fiserv, including Velocity for loan origination, Verifast for teller line authentication and CRM and business intelligence applications for DNA. The credit union will also have access to the DNAcreator development toolkit, which allows the credit unions technical staff to create and sell custom core extensions called DNAapps to other financial institutions via the DNAappstore -- the first online marketplace for core applications.

As the leader in account processing for credit unions in the U.S., Fiserv has always been focused on providing technology solutions designed to help credit unions achieve best-in-class results. With the addition of the DNA platform to our existing solution set, we continue to enjoy the technology partner relationship with credit union innovators like MIDFLORIDA, said Mark Sievewright, division president, Credit Union Solutions, Fiserv.

MIDFLORIDA Credit Union will leverage the .NET architecture of DNA to integrate its existing Fiserv solutions, including Card Services Debit and Credit Processing, Nautilus for enterprise content management, Prologue for financial accounting, WireXchange for wire transfer processing, ConvergeIT for interactive voice response, Source Capture Solutions for remote deposit capture and Virtual Branch: Loan for online lending as well as card production services.

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Contact: Sarah McDonnell s_mcd@mit.edu 617-253-8923 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. MIT biologists have discovered a mechanism that allows cells to read their own DNA in the correct direction and prevents them from copying most of the so-called "junk DNA" that makes up long stretches of our genome.

Only about 15 percent of the human genome consists of protein-coding genes, but in recent years scientists have found that a surprising amount of the junk, or intergenic DNA, does get copied into RNA the molecule that carries DNA's messages to the rest of the cell.

Scientists have been trying to figure out just what this RNA might be doing, if anything. In 2008, MIT researchers led by Institute Professor Phillip Sharp discovered that much of this RNA is generated through a process called divergent expression, through which cells read their DNA in both directions moving away from a given starting point.

In a new paper appearing in Nature on June 23, Sharp and colleagues describe how cells initiate but then halt the copying of RNA in the upstream, or non-protein-coding direction, while allowing it to continue in the direction in which genes are correctly read. The finding helps to explain the existence of many recently discovered types of short strands of RNA whose function is unknown.

"This is part of an RNA revolution where we're seeing different RNAs and new RNAs that we hadn't suspected were present in cells, and trying to understand what role they have in the health of the cell or the viability of the cell," says Sharp, who is a member of MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. "It gives us a whole new appreciation of the balance of the fundamental processes that allow cells to function."

Graduate students Albert Almada and Xuebing Wu are the lead authors of the paper. Christopher Burge, a professor of biology and biological engineering, and undergraduate Andrea Kriz are also authors.

Choosing direction

DNA, which is housed within the nucleus of cells, controls cellular activity by coding for the production of RNAs and proteins. To exert this control, the genetic information encoded by DNA must first be copied, or transcribed, into messenger RNA (mRNA).

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Reading DNA, backward and forward

Scientists at MIT say they have discovered a mechanism that prevents noncoding DNA from being copied, by pointing the copying in the right direction.

Almost all of the human genome is made of noncoding, or "junk" DNA, that is, DNA that usually doesn't get copied and encoded into proteins.

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So when copying DNA, how do cells tell the diference between actual genes and non-coding DNA?

DNA replication begins at regions on the DNA molecule called promoters, sequences located at the beginning of genes that are to be copied. The enzyme that copies DNA, called RNA polymerase, latches on to the promoter and starts unzipping the DNA double helix, spooling out a chain of what will become messenger RNA mRNA for short that contains the information of the gene.

But how does the RNA polymerase know which direction to go? Until now, scientists didn't know. But in research published in the current issue of the scientific journal Nature,MIT biologists say they have discovered the mechanism that points transcription in the right direction.

In all living things except bacteria, the RNA polymerase continues unzipping the DNA until it reaches a stop signal, at which point it stops copying and begins adding a chain of adenine bases to the pre-mRNA molecule, usually a couple hundred links long. This "poly-A" tail protects the mRNA as it exits the nucleus and travels to the ribosome, where the molecule's information is synthesized into proteins.

By sequencing mRNA of mouse embryonic stem cells, the researchers found that the signal sequences for creating poly-A tails a process known as polyadenylation are also prevalent "upstream" from the promoter. An RNA polymerase that encounters these sequences will chop up its pre-mRNA. Sequences of DNA that are to be coded into genes, by contrast, have a low density ofpolyadenylation signal sequences.

The researchers also found that thepolyadenylation signal sequences are more likely to beignored when they appear within coding sequences, thanks to a tiny protein complex called U1 snRNP. WhenU1 snRNP binds to an RNA polymerase,polyadenylation is supressed. The researchers discovered that binding sites forU1 snRNP are more prevalent in coding sequences than noncoding ones.

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