DocumentCode
1520197
Title
Computing the caveman
Author
Patel, Prachi
Volume
47
Issue
7
fYear
2010
fDate
7/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
11
Lastpage
12
Abstract
Reconstructing cavemen from bits of fossil DNA is still the stuff of science fiction. But thanks to highpowered computing wizardry, we now have the blueprints you´d need to do it. An international team of scientists published the first draft of the Neanderthal genome in the journal Science on 7 May. The study showed, somewhat surprisingly, that early humans and Neanderthals interbred and that 1 to 4 percent of the DNA in modern Asians and Europeans comes from Neanderthals.
Keywords
Assembly; Bioinformatics; Bones; DNA computing; Decoding; Design engineering; Genomics; Humans; Mirrors; Signal design;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2010.5490997
Filename
5490997
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