Ancient DNA is revealing the genetic landscape of people who first settled East Asia
By studying the DNA of people who lived in East Asia thousands of years ago, scientists are starting to untangle how the region was populated.
Melinda A. Yang, Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Richmond
• conversation
Sept. 15, 2020 • ~11 min
Sept. 15, 2020 • ~11 min
Tags: ancient-dna hunter-gatherers china agriculture archaeology genes genomics southeast-asia rice adna siberia paleoanthropology human-migration east-asia hunter-gatherer start-of-agriculture paleogenomics
Modern tomatoes are very different from their wild ancestors – and we found missing links in their evolution
Through genetic detective work, scientists have identified missing links in the tomato’s evolution from a wild blueberry-sized fruit in South America to the larger modern tomato of today.
Ana Caicedo, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• conversation
Jan. 30, 2020 • ~6 min
Jan. 30, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: evolution genetics agriculture genomics research-brief global-perspectives crops tomato latin-america plant-breeding domestication
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