Libertarian Fishman announces bid for Kerry's Senate seat

Home > News Libertarian Fishman announces bid for Kerry’s Senate seat By Amber Parcher / The Daily Item In last fall’s heated 6th District Congressional race, Libertarian Daniel Fishman positioned himself socially to the left of incumbent John Tierney and fiscally to the right of Republican challenger Richard Tisei. Continue reading

Liberty Ross gets career boost after husband’s affair: report

Being the woman scorned is not all bad for Liberty Ross. Ever since her husband Rupert Sanders was caught cheating with Kristen Stewart, the British model has been front page news. Now, Ross is benefiting from all the free press — top filmmakers have been inundating her with acting offers, reports RadarOnline Continue reading

Nnew genetic method developed to pinpoint individuals' geographic origin

ScienceDaily (May 24, 2012) Understanding the genetic diversity within and between populations has important implications for studies of human disease and evolution. This includes identifying associations between genetic variants and disease, detecting genomic regions that have undergone positive selection and highlighting interesting aspects of human population history. Now, a team of researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Israel’s Tel Aviv University has developed an innovative approach to the study of genetic diversity called spatial ancestry analysis (SPA), which allows for the modeling of genetic variation in two- or three-dimensional space Continue reading

New genetic method pinpoints geographic origin

LOS ANGELES Understanding the genetic diversity within and between populations has important implications for studies of human disease and evolution. This includes identifying associations between genetic variants and disease, detecting genomic regions that have undergone positive selection and highlighting interesting aspects of human population history Continue reading

Researchers develop new genetic method to pinpoint individuals' geographic origin

Public release date: 23-May-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Wileen Wong Kromhout wwkromhout@support.ucla.edu 310-206-0540 University of California – Los Angeles Understanding the genetic diversity within and between populations has important implications for studies of human disease and evolution. Continue reading