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Genomics

 

Genomics is the branch of molecular biology concerned with the structure, function, evolution, and mapping of genomes.

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Scientists find genetic code for alcoholism

5 August 2016 | By Indiana University

Using rats carefully bred to either drink large amounts of alcohol or to spurn it, researchers at Indiana and Purdue universities have identified hundreds of genes that appear to play a role in increasing the desire to drink alcohol...

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Depression genes found by tapping crowd-sourced data

4 August 2016 | By National Institute of Health (NIH)

Scientists have discovered 15 genome sites — the first ever — linked to depression in people of European ancestry. Many of these regions of depression-linked genetic variation turn out to be involved in regulating gene expression and the birth of new neurons in the developing brain...