To the uninitiated, genetics may sound simple. You have a particular trait because your parents had it. Real-world genetics, however, is anything but simple. To assert that a child has a trait (blond hair, asthma, a predilection for being overweight) because one of the parents had it is to presume that there is only one … Continue reading
Warning: Not for the general public. I make an exception to my usual rule of writing to the curious lay public for this supplement. I recently wrote about the use of mitochondrial DNA (or mtDNA) in identifying bodies more than a decade old. While researching the topic, I found a lot of seemingly contradictory information … Continue reading
Did you know that over 73,000 American soldiers who fought during World War II are still missing in action1? These are Armed Forces personnel who were sent by their government to fight a war but who never came back. They became prisoners of war (POWs) or were listed as missing in action (MIA). 1,643 U.S. … Continue reading
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