Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2001
National Center for Biotechnology Information (US)
SNP Consortium
German Human Genome Project
PhysOrg
DNA Ancestry Project
Schaum's Outline Of Genetics, at Amazon USA
Life's 'first chapter' ready for publication - 23/11/99
Genome race hots up - 23/11/99
Gene markers posted on net - 23/11/99
Clone plan for extinct goat - 11/01/00
Human gene race nears end - 11/01/00
Breakthrough as scientists 'clone' monkey - 14/01/00
Small fly makes history - 24/03/00
Comparing flies with humans - 24/03/00
June target for human genome - 30/03/00
Surnames found in DNA - 04/04/00
Celera closes on genome goal - 06/04/00
Scientists aim for chicken coup - 10/04/00
'Memory pill' for elderly - 10/04/00
Key old-age gene found - 11/04/00
Scientists target 'quiet' genes - 11/04/00
DNA banks urged to save species - 13/04/00
Deadly bugs decoded - 13/04/00
Human chromosome code obtained - 17/04/00
Human genome: A private vs public battle - 17/04/00
Gene warfare against superbugs - 25/04/00
Extinct 'tiger' could live again by cloning - 05/05/00
Complete human gene map claimed - 08/05/00
Company 'completes' human gene map - 09/05/00
Date for human DNA revelation - 24/05/00
New genetics chief takes baton in race to crack the code - 30/05/00
DNA experts start examining 'bones of Jesse James' - 01/06/00
Decoding Humanity
Scientists finish draft of human genetic code - 10/06/00
'Smart gene' makes for brainy mice - 19/06/00
GM mosquito to fight malaria - 21/06/00
Science to celebrate landmark - 24/06/00 the scientists will say that most of the sequence in the genome is now in their databases and in the right order
Rough draft: The audio and video - 26/06/00
G-Day for biology - 26/06/00
Leaders' genetic code warning - 26/06/00
Gene row is over - 26/06/00
What they said: Genome in quotes - 26/06/00
Opening the book of life - 27/06/00
Mapping the human genome - Benefits 'some distance in future' - 27/06/00
Tests will show who faces risk of major disease - 27/06/00
Decoding the ladder of life - 27/06/00
Genome timeline - 27/06/00
Genetic revolution work begins - 27/06/00
Blueprint of the Body - 28/06/00
Scientist 'proves' that rapists and murderers are born evil - 11/07/00
TV hunt for Viking bloodline - 11/07/00 Scientists search for 2,500 British male volunteers to trace the nation's Viking ancestry
Brazil hails scientific first - 12/07/00 South American researchers have decoded the first genome for a bacterium [Xylella fastidiosa] that causes disease in plants
Celera plans next step - 17/07/00
Mosquito attacks its own problem - 26/07/00
Calls to crack chimp genome - 22/08/00
Secrets of human attraction - 29/08/00
Scientists sequence largest bacterium genome so far - 30/08/00
Iceland's blonds help team trap Alzheimer gene - 03/09/00
Blueprint of the Body: Unraveling the human genome
Scientists oppose human gene modification - 19/09/00
New chapter in the gene race? - 06/10/00 Mouse DNA
DNA clues to Neanderthals - 11/10/00
Cloning may be used to reverse extinction - 12/10/00
India to clone extinct cheetah - 16/10/00
Genetic 'Adam never met Eve' - 30/10/00 The most recent ancestor of all males living today was a man who lived in Africa around 59,000 years ago
Scientists close to deciphering Y chromosome - 31/10/00
Double-headed creature revealed - 02/11/00
Europe's 10 founding 'fathers' - 09/11/00
'Genetic link' to sexual orientation - 16/11/00
Zebrafish genome next - 22/11/00
Genetic study roots humans in Africa - 06/12/00
A blossoming lesson in life - 13/12/00 There are about 100 genes in Arabidopsis thaliana that are closely related to human disease genes
Altered flies live twice as long - 15/12/00
'Indy' gene may be Holy Grail for longevity - 21/12/00
Code cracker to be knighted - 30/12/00
Gene tests reveal drinkers' limits - 31/12/00
Rice genome falls to science - 26/01/01
Extinct bird in 'ground breaker' - 07/02/01
Genome map heralds medical advances - 11/02/01
A dramatic map that will change the world - 15/02/01
DNA tests for all will cut crime, says pioneer - 19/02/01
DNA clues to malaria in ancient Rome - 20/02/01 The DNA evidence provides support for the theory that a lethal outbreak of malaria in the fifth century AD contributed to the downfall of the Roman Empire
Police force lets officers take DNA from all suspects - 22/03/01
Mouse code is read - 27/04/01
Ancient farmers were goat-herders - 08/05/01
Genetic roots of Europe - 17/05/01 Northern Europeans could be descended from as few as 50 individuals who survived the last ice age
Health programme tailored to genes - 19/05/01
Many attitudes 'in our genes' - 18/06/01
Dispute over number of human genes - 07/07/01
Jurassic chicken '50-100 years off' - 19/07/01
DNA analysis tracks Silk Road forbears - 28/08/01
How accusations of racism ended the plan to map the genetic diversity of mankind - 10/09/01 To study differences is not racist... but the project became a pawn of political activists and, without a DNA databank, the 7000 distinct indigenous groups will gradually merge together, snuffing out the human race's diversity
Scientist reads off 35m letters of genetic code - 01/10/01
Scientists crack DNA riddle of the Black Death - 04/10/01
First gene of language and speech discovered - 04/10/01
Commemorating the father of genetics - 11/10/01 Gregor Mendel
Third genetic 'chapter' published - 20/12/01 The latest to be finished, chromosome 20, is the largest so far
'Natural genetic engineer' laid bare - 25/12/01 Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a microbe which has evolved the unique ability to transfer DNA into plants and change their behaviour
DNA pioneer is honoured - 31/12/01
Five cloned pigs born - 03/01/02 marking another step towards the use of pigs to overcome the worldwide shortage of transplant organs
Simple error means big change - 08/02/02
Meet Cc, the first cloned kitten - 15/02/02
Gene therapy offers cure for haemophilia - 17/02/02
DNA yields dodo family secrets - 28/02/02
Drugs hope as rabbits are cloned - 30/03/02
Plant genes 'cannot transfer to humans' - 05/04/02
Gene could stop plants from wilting - 05/04/02
Complete genome map 'in 2003' - 14/04/02
500,000 to provide DNA samples for 'biobank' - 29/04/02
Law letting police store public's DNA 'infringes liberty' - 01/05/02
Mouse code laid bare - 06/05/02
Nature's medicine maker decoded - 08/05/02 Streptomyces coelicolor
Scientists find rogue gene that starts off skin cancer - 10/06/02
Research drowned out by GM debate, says Royal Society - 10/06/02
Genes show Welsh are the true Britons - 01/07/02
Test to see if 'Cook arrow' is connected to his thigh bone - 06/07/02 Descendants of Captain James Cook may undergo DNA tests to determine whether a 200-year-old arrow housed in an Australian museum is fashioned from the thigh bone of the explorer
First synthetic virus created - 11/07/02
Scientists creates life in deadly virus - 12/07/02
Humans have anti-HIV gene - 15/07/02
Half of all Europeans 'may have Arab genes' - 06/08/02
GM virus curbs rabbits - 08/08/02
First language gene discovered - 14/08/02
Autism link to 'geek genes' - 14/08/02
Cleft lip and palate gene identified - 01/09/02
Dino protein made in test tube - 05/09/02
16/09/02: MIT Professor of Psychology, Stephen Pinker, says many
intellectuals in modern society are afraid of admitting
the role genes play in human personality and behaviour.
In his new book, The Blank Slate, he argues that this
unwillingness to face the truth is distorting social policy,
and is based on a mistaken fear that fundamental human values
will crumble if we accept that it may be impossible to change
people, by changing their environment.
Your genetic code on a disc - 23/09/02
Humans and chimps 'not so close' - 25/09/02 only 95% of our DNA may be the same as the chimpanzee's
Plans to decode dogs - 27/09/02
Blondes 'to die out in 200 years' - 27/09/02
Origin of dogs traced - 22/11/02
Mouse clues to human genetics - 04/12/02
Rare disease genes found - 01/01/03
Beer belly 'gene' found - 08/01/03
Internet helps write the book of life - 09/01/03
Human genome finally complete - 13/04/03
Most ancient DNA ever? - 17/04/03
Stunning creativity of DNA pioneers - 22/04/03 the story behind the discovery of DNA's structure in 1953
Why we are not like ET - 30/04/03
Late nights in the genes - 16/06/03
GM grass may bring an end to hay fever misery - 19/06/03
Decaffeinated coffee bean grown on bush - 19/06/03
Scientists 'to clone mammoth' - 18/07/03
Date limit set on first Americans - 22/07/03
'Walkies' through dog genome - 25/09/03
Geneticists hunt control patterns - 07/10/03
Beetle enters genome spotlight - 22/10/03
Key human chromosome unravelled - 23/10/03
Decoded DNA would 'reach to Moon' - 03/11/03
Scientists hail new 'map of life' - 20/11/03
Science closing in on ageing gene - 13/02/04
Human genome data to be released - 18/02/04
Scientists unlock chicken code - 02/03/04
Scientists make a butterfly glow - 11/03/04
Rat's 'life code' read by science - 31/03/04
New light shed on chimp genome - 05/04/04
Genome reveals limb number recipe - 14/04/04
Scientists decipher 21,000 genes - 20/04/04
DNA computers to fight diseases - 29/04/04
'Junk' throws up precious secret - 12/05/04
Pooch breeds identified by genes - 20/05/04
Rat DNA clues to sea migration - 08/06/04
Scientists see new species born - 09/06/04
Plant DNA bank opens in Brazil - 10/06/04
Genetic blueprint of MRSA cracked - 24/06/04
Man who helped unlock DNA dies - 29/07/04
Tributes pour in for DNA pioneer - 29/07/04
Dingo's origins tracked by DNA - 02/08/04
At play with firm's clone kittens - 09/08/04
Rapid test 'may change the face of medicine' - 15/09/04
Human genome hits halfway mark - 15/09/04
Science cracks killer bug's code - 23/09/04
Gene test to track illegal ivory - 28/09/04
Science mourns DNA pioneer Wilkins - 06/10/04
Scientists praise Maurice Wilkins - 06/10/04
Draft of cow 'life code' released - 08/10/04
Human gene number slashed - 20/10/04
Ancestor's DNA code reconstructed - 01/12/04
Chicken gives up genetic secrets - 09/12/04
Huge eagles 'dominated NZ skies' - 04/01/05
Super microbe's life code cracked - 10/01/05
Science intends to tag all life - 10/02/05
Finger length 'key to aggression' - 04/03/05
GM study shows potential 'harm' - 21/03/05
DNA project to trace human steps - 13/04/05
Extinct cave bear DNA sequenced - 03/06/05
Extreme genealogy - 03/06/05
New insight into horse evolution - 02/07/05
Parasites' genetic code 'cracked' - 15/07/05
Rice genome unravelled at last - 10/08/05
'Life code' of chimps laid bare - 31/08/05
'Better' DNA out of fossil bones - 19/09/05
1.5m Chinese 'descendants of one man' - 01/11/05 Giocangga was the grandfather of the founder of the Qing dynasty
Boy tracks his sperm donor father - 02/11/05
Key gene 'controls skin colour' - 16/12/05
Extinct mammoth mitochondrial DNA decoded - 18/12/05
New cat family tree revealed - 06/01/06
'Four mothers' for Europe's Jews - 14/01/06
DNA 'could predict your surname' - 21/02/06
Family may provide evolution clue - 07/03/06
Salvage prospect for 'junk' DNA - 26/04/06
Neanderthal yields nuclear DNA - 16/05/06
Final genome 'chapter' published - 18/05/06
Down's syndrome gene identified - 05/07/06
Gene reveals mammoth coat colour - 06/07/06
Tooth gives up oldest human DNA - 06/06/06 from a Neanderthal that lived 100,000 years ago, found in the Scladina cave in the Meuse Basin, Belgium
Doubt cast on body clock theory - 09/07/06
Waterproof rice gene identified - 09/08/06
Research finds 'unique human DNA' - 17/08/06
Gene secrets of the tree revealed - 15/09/06
Experts crack cancer 'gene codes' - 28/10/06
Gene flaw increases autism risk - 28/10/06
Neanderthal DNA secrets unlocked - 15/11/06
Humans show big DNA differences - 23/11/06
Genetics of eye colour unlocked - 20/12/06
Scientists decode sex bug genes - 12/01/07
Yorkshire clan linked to Africa - 24/01/07
Genes prove Herodotus right about Etruscans - 18/02/07
GM mosquito 'could fight malaria' - 19/03/07
Scientists decode macaque genome - 13/04/07
Gene clue to longevity uncovered - 02/05/07
Got a temper? Blame Genghis Khan - 23/05/07
Serious diseases genes revealed - 06/06/07
DNA traces origin of domestic cat - 28/06/07
Oldest Known DNA Found in Greenland Ice Core - 05/07/07
Humans Have Spread Globally, and Evolved Locally - 26/06/07
Scientists map elephant evolution - 24/07/07
Gene for left-handedness is found - 31/07/07
Titanic baby given new identity - 01/08/07
Double-nosed dog not to be sniffed at - 10/08/07
3D face scans spot gene syndromes - 10/09/07
Mammoth hair produces DNA bounty - 28/09/07
Cat joins exclusive genome club - 01/11/07
Gliding mammal linked to humans - 02/11/07
Gene 'links breastfeeding to IQ' - 06/11/07
Genetic code of dandruff cracked - 06/11/07
Human Genome Has Four Times More Imprinted Genes Than Previously Identified - 30/11/07
UW researcher: We're still evolving - 12/12/07
Pacific Islanders’ Ancestry Emerges in Genetic Study - 18/01/08
Detailed gene map 'within grasp' - 22/01/08
Blue-eyed humans have a single, common ancestor - 30/01/08
DNA testing firms eye consumers - 25/03/08
Crusaders 'left genetic legacy' - 27/03/08
Scientists find a fingerprint of evolution across the human genome - 08/04/08 The Human Genome Project revealed that only a small fraction of the 3 billion “letter” DNA code actually instructs cells to manufacture proteins
Human line 'nearly split in two' - 24/04/08
Eight New Human Genome Projects Offer Large-scale Picture Of Genetic Difference - 02/05/08
Platypus genetic code unravelled - 07/05/08
Long Lost Sisters - 15/05/08 TAU mathematician finds humanity was genetically divided for as much as 100,000 years
Tasmanian tiger DNA 'resurrected' - 20/05/08
Scientists build a better DNA molecule - 27/05/08
Fertility DNA checks discouraged - 11/06/08
Woolly Mammoth Gene Study Changes Extinction Theory - 12/06/08
Project to reveal choc's DNA code - 25/06/08
Early Arabs Followed the Rain, or Didn't - 25/06/08
Cavemen and their relatives in the same village after 3,000 years - 15/07/08
Y chromosome study sheds light on Athapaskan migration to southwest US - 16/07/08
Genes for schizophrenia uncovered - 30/07/08
Study uses genetic evidence to trace ancient African migration - 04/08/08
DNA: The Divine Message - 14/08/08
DNA legacy of ancient seafarers - 31/10/08 one in 17 men from the Mediterranean may have Phoenician ancestry