Human and Animal Chromosomes

Ancient DNA from Human and Animal

Research on ancient DNA (aDNA) has the potential to enable molecular biologists and archeologists to decipher certain aspects of history by direct looking into the past. However, several major problems in this field limit the applicability of aDNA studies, most importantly contamination with modern DNA and postmortem DNA degradation. In this study we extracted and analyzed aDNA obtained from ~3...

Methodologies applied to domestic animal chromosomes.

Chromosomes of human endometrium.

Evidence is gradually accumulating about acquired somatic chromosome anomalies, particularly those of neoplasms. Unfortunately, control observations are almost entirely lacking. It is generally assumed that all the tissues of the body consist of cells with the normal karyotype as it is seen in cultured lymphocytes or fibroblasts, but this has not yet been shown to be the case. Even bone-marrow,...

Animal rights, animal minds, and human mindreading.

Do non-human animals have rights? The answer to this question depends on whether animals have morally relevant mental properties. Mindreading is the human activity of ascribing mental states to other organisms. Current knowledge about the evolution and cognitive structure of mindreading indicates that human ascriptions of mental states to non-human animals are very inaccurate. The accuracy of h...

ancient dna from human and animal

research on ancient dna (adna) has the potential to enable molecular biologists and archeologists to decipher certain aspects of history by direct looking into the past. however, several major problems in this field limit the applicability of adna studies, most importantly contamination with modern dna and postmortem dna degradation. in this study we extracted and analyzed adna obtained from ~3...