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Finding My Soulmate by DNA – Video

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Finding My Soulmate by DNA
DISCLAIMER!!! No copyright infringement! I do not own any of the video clips used in this video. credits go to the real owners. This video is intended only for entertainment and imaginary purposes of my readers in wattpad.com and nothing more. This serves as a video presentation for my story.. "FINDING MY SOULMATE" Click here to see the story: http://www.wattpad.com

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(MUSIC VIDEO) XO "What’s Love" Sam Well X DNA (prod. by RobFel) – Video

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(MUSIC VIDEO) XO "What #39;s Love" Sam Well X DNA (prod. by RobFel)
MUSIC VIDEO directed and edited by Kory Erickson 406 Stand UP

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DNA Proves Evolutionary Theory is Wrong! – Video

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DNA Proves Evolutionary Theory is Wrong!
See how the discovery of DNA proved evolution to be wrong many years ago. Information can only come from an intelligent source...GOD!

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DNA^2 episode 2 – Video

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DNA^2 episode 2

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Tigerblood. Adonis DNA. Winning. – Video

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Tigerblood. Adonis DNA. Winning.
I was really excited when I clutched this, and I posted about it on Twitter. Before I knew it, people were asking to see the 1v4 I pulled off with the XPR. I give my Twitter followers what they want! haha SONG: Winning Cover by Roomie (www.youtube.com Please take the time to rate the video, and have a wonderful day. - Nero Lets Play Channel: http://www.youtube.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com My Twitter: twitter.com Ending Song: http://www.youtube.com

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DNA collection bill signed by Obama

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January 14, 2013 DNA collection bill signed by Obama

By FELICIA KRIEG Press-Republican The Press Republican Mon Jan 14, 2013, 02:33 AM EST

WASHINGTON, D.C. A bill that will grant states funding for the cost of DNA collection was signed into law by President Barack Obama.

New York is not one of the 25 states that currently use DNA information to identify people arrested for violent crimes. The Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act will provide financial incentives for states to use more sophisticated law enforcement technology, according to a news release issued by the office of Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

DNA testing has proven to be accurate and effective, and giving police officers, detectives and investigators access to vast resources will help put violent offenders behind bars and off the street, he said in a press release.

By spreading this technology to states across the country, we can make cities and streets safer for our families and dramatically reduce the cost of fighting crime.

The legislation is named for Katie Sepich, a young woman from New Mexico who was raped and murdered by a man who was charged for another crime just three months later, according to the press release.

The man was released by authorities who didnt have evidence of a connection. He wasnt arrested again for another three years, according to the release.

The bill was introduced by Schumer and Sens. Jeff Bingaman; former New Mexico Senator, Michael Bennet (D-CO); Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii); and Tom Udall (D-NM).

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DNA test shows how our ancestors looked like

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Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): A method of establishing hair and eye colour from modern forensic samples can also be used to identify details from ancient human remains, a new study has found.

The HIrisPlex DNA analysis system was able to reconstruct hair and eye colour from teeth up to 800 years old, including the Polish General Wladyslaw Sikorski (1881 to 1943) confirming his blue eyes and blond hair.

A team of researchers from Poland and the Netherlands, who recently developed the HIrisPlex system for forensic analysis, have now shown that this system is sufficiently robust to successfully work on older and more degraded samples from human remains such as teeth and bones.

The system looks at 24 DNA polymorphisms (naturally occurring variations) which can be used to predict eye and hair colour.

Dr Wojciech Branicki, from the Institute of Forensic Research and Jagielonian University, Krakow, who led this study together with Prof Manfred Kayser, from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, said, "This system can be used to solve historical controversies where colour photographs or other records are missing."

"HIrisPlex was able to confirm that General Wladyslaw Sikorski, who died in a plane crash in 1943, had the blue eyes and blond hair present in portraits painted years after his death. Some of our samples were from unknown inmates of a World War II prison. In these cases HIrisPlex helped to put physical features to the other DNA evidence," Branicki said.

For medieval samples, where DNA is even more degraded, this system was still able to predict eye and hair colour (for the most degraded DNA samples eye colour alone), identifying one mysterious woman buried in the crypt of the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec near Krakow, sometime during the 12th-14th centuries, as having dark blond/brown hair and brown eyes.

The study is published in BioMed Central's open access journal Investigative Genetics. (ANI)

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Research and Markets: DNA Sequencing – Technologies, Markets and Companies 2013 Report

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/kr5v5v/dna_sequencing) has announced the addition of Jain PharmaBiotech's new report "DNA Sequencing - Technologies, Markets and Companies" to their offering.

This report briefly reviews basics of human genome variations, development of sequencing technologies, and their applications. Current large and small sequencers are described as well as companies developing them. Various applications of sequencing are described including those for genetics, medical diagnostics, drug discovery and cancer. Next generation sequencing technologies, both second and third generations, are reviewed. Companies developing software for analysis of sequencing data are also included. Selected academic institutes conducting research in sequencing are also listed.

Current market is mostly for research applications and future markets will be other applications related to healthcare. The value of DNA sequencer market in 2012 is described with estimates for 2017 and 2022. Various methods and factors on which market estimates depend are described briefly. Small sequencers form the basis of SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis. Several marketing strategies have been outlined.

The report includes profiles of 106 companies involved in sequencing and their 106 collaborations. The report text is supplemented by 33 tables, 12 figures and 300 selected references to the literature.

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Executive Summary

1. Introduction

2. DNA Sequencing Technologies

3. Comparative Analysis of Sequencing Technologies

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DNA test sheds light on mystery deaths

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A new DNA test can restore at least part of the identity of long-dead people who left no trace of their image, scientists reported on Monday.

The technique has revealed the hair and eye colours of unknown individuals slaughtered as sub-humans by the Nazis and of a mystery woman buried alongside monks in a mediaeval crypt, they said.

"This system can be used to solve historical controversies where colour photographs or other records are missing," said Wojciech Branicki from Poland's Institute of Forensic Research in Krakow.

The system, called HIrisPlex, is a fine-tuned version of a tool presented two years ago that looks at tiny variations in the DNA code, and converts these into probabilities for hair and eye colour.

It can be used on teeth and bones, whose DNA survives better than soft tissues, and which explains the interest in using it for ancient forensics.

Reporting in the journal Investigative Genetics, the researchers first tested it on a tooth taken from the remains of General Wladyslaw Sikorski, who led Poland's government-in-exile in Britain in World War II before dying in a plane crash in 1943.

Sikorski's body was disinterred from a cemetery in Newark, England, in 1993 for reburial in pomp in Krakow, but was exhumed once more in 2008 for further examination to sound out a theory that he had been poisoned, shot or strangled.

Analysis of the genetic code from the tooth gave a 99-percent likelihood that Sikorski had blue eyes, and an 85-percent likelihood that he had blond hair.

Both tallied with contemporary descriptions of Sikorski and with paintings of him made many years after his death (no colour photographs of him are known to exist).

HIrisPlex also gave a partial fix on the identity of 12 people who had been killed in a prison in Nazi-occupied Poland in 1942 and whose names have never been known.

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Diamondback moth genome provides new clues for sustainable pest management

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An international research consortium, led by Fujian Agriculture, Forestry University (FAFU) and BGI, has completed the first genome sequence of the diamondback moth (DBM), the most destructive pest of brassica crops. This work provides wider insights into insect adaptation to host plant and opens new ways for more sustainable pest management. The latest study was published online today in Nature Genetics.

The diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) preferentially feeds on economically important food crops such as rapeseed, cauliflower and cabbage. It has developed resistance to against more than 50 insecticides, including DDT, Bt toxins, among others, making the use of chemicals as a control measurement become ineffective. It is estimated that the total cost associated with the damage and management is US$4-5 billion per year worldwide.

"The completed genome sequencing of DBM will lay a solid foundation for tracking the evolutionary mechanisms of how an insect evolves to become a successful herbivore that can defense many insecticides." said Professor Minsheng You, Vice President of FAFU and leader of the research team. "The work here also provides an invaluable resource for scientists to better understand the reasons why DBM is such a serious pest and how new strategies can be developed to control insect pests."

In this study, researchers sequenced the genome of DBM by whole genome shotgun (WGS) and fosmid clones technologies, yielding ~343 Mb draft genome with 18,071 predicted protein-coding genes. Compared with other sequenced insect species, they found that the diamondback moth possesses a relatively larger set of genes and a moderate number of gene families, suggesting the expansion of certain gene families. Additionally, the genome-based phylogeny demonstrated that DBM was a basal lepidopteran species, which is well supported by its modal karyotype.

Based on the genomic data generated from ~1,000 male pupae, researchers identified the genome-wide level of polymorphism within the sequenced DBM strain (Fuzhou-S), which may lay the genetic bases for DBM in adapting to various environmental challenges. They investigated a set of genes preferentially expressed at the larval stage that contribute to odorant chemoreception, food digestion and metabolic detoxification. Interestingly, they found that the co-expression of sulfatase modifying factor 1 (SUMF1) and glucosinolate sulfatase (GSS) genes may be crucial for DBM to become a successful cruciferous herbivore.

Insecticide tolerance or resistance may have contribution to the option of detoxification pathway in insect herbivores. In this study, researchers found DBM has a larger set of insecticide resistance-related genes than silkworm (B. mori) that had little exposure to insecticide over 5,000 years of domestication. They identified in DBM obvious gene duplications of four gene families that participated in xenobiotic detoxification in insects, including ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter families, the P450 monooxygenases (P450s), glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) and carboxylesterase (COEs). Notably, the further analysis highlighted the potential role of ABC transporters in detoxification.

The clever evolutionary trick has allowed DBM to become such a serious pest, and it may play an important role in the development of its ability to detoxify a wide range of chemicals. "Remarkably, it appears that the very genetic adaptations that allow DBM to detoxify the chemicals in its food plants, and also allow it to develop immunity to the insecticides used against it." commented by Professor Geoff Gurr of Charles Sturt University, Australia, one of the international collaborators.

Professor Jun Wang, Executive Director of BGI, said, "The availability of a reference genome for a species is extremely important in the deeper understanding of its biology and evolution. We are pleased to be part of this consortium and have the first publicly accessible database of diamondback moth genome. I expect we could translate our achievements into real actions for sustainable pest management in the near future."

More information: The complete genome sequence of diamondback moth is publicly available via visit: http://www.iae.fafu.edu.cn/DBM

Journal reference: Nature Genetics

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