Science news articles about 'geographic origin'

  • Researchers locate geographic origins from DNA

    ... day soon, you may be able to pinpoint the geographic origins of your ancestors based on analysis ... University researchers describes the use of DNA to predict the geographic origins of individuals from a sample of Europeans, often ...
  • Scientists trace shark fins to their geographic origin for first time using DNA tools

    ... Kong market all the way back to the sharks' geographic origin. In some cases the fins were found to come from endangered ... population DNA signatures means that we can trace the geographic origin of most of their fins sold at markets," Dr ...
  • Development of new techniques to understand marble quality and durability

    ... features of every stone (their "fingerprints") to determine their origin and, therefore, protect their emblematic prints against others from different geographic origins. "In a globalized sector like that of natural ...
  • Past religious diversity and intolerance have profound impact on genetics of Iberian people

    ... residence of these two diverse populations with distinct geographical origins and unique cultural and religious characteristics ... , which favors its arrival after the conquest of 711 AD, and the geographical distribution of North African Ancestry in the peninsula ...
  • Ocean treasure stored at Texas A&M's IODP repository

    ... an alignment scheme for storing cores based on their geographic origin. The redistribution of the older cores recovered during DSDP and ODP also followed this geographical distribution plan. The Gulf Coast Repository ...
  • Tequila boom triggers social, environmental hangover in Mexico

    ... and parts of four other Mexican states. This sort of distinction, known as a "geographical indication" (GI), conveys the geographical origin of a product, as well as its cultural and historical identity. Tequila ...
  • Discovery of variations in resistance to sulfadoxine across Africa

    ... has spread across Africa, with a view to determining its geographical origins in order to help improve measures ... tests) to be present in Africa, each with a unique geographical distribution. In particular, the data showed that malaria ...
  • Biofuel crops pose invasive pest risk

    ... the guise of beneficial crops. The researchers used a weed risk assessment that examines a plant's biology, geographic origin, pest status elsewhere, and published ...
  • Obituary: Alan Vince

    ... deposits. Working from microscope slides and later also with chemical analysis of the clay, he could deduce the geographical origin of the pot - sometimes even the precise ...
  • Sulphur in just one hair could blow a terrorist's alibi

    ... variations in hair, with the potential to relate these changes to geographical movements. The next objective is to demonstrate the global ... samples from 150 volunteers with different diets and geographical origins in order to move forward in this area ...
  • Researchers from the Institut Catala de Paleontologia describe a new hominid

    ... an extraordinary information for clarifying the issue of the phylogenetic and geographic origin of our family, the Hominidae, which is made up by orangutans ... key questions regarding the origin of our family: what group it is derived from, and which is the geographic area where ...
  • Cradle and birthday of dog identified

    ... to 12,000 years ago. According to Peter Savolainen, the research indicates that the dog has a single geographic origin but descends from a large number of animals ...
  • Barcoding endangered sea turtles

    ... : trade in the meat, eggs, leather, shell, and bone often means that the species identity or geographic origin of a product is difficult to ascertain using conventional ...
  • A new method predicts dropping out of university

    ... with dropping out and show that "the lesser the level of performance and success, the greater the probability of dropping out". Sex and geographical origin are those which have the least relationship with dropping out. "None ...
  • Unknowlingly consuming endangered tuna

    ... that anyone can use, so that wildlife management teams can seamlessly and efficiently identify a species and maybe the geographic origin of specific samples ...

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