Editor’s Selections: Evolution in a breast tumor, the birth of dragons, and Dr. Granville’s mummy
October 9th, 2009 Editor's Selections 1 CommentVincent Racaniello selects several notable posts each week from molecular and cellular biology and virology. He blogs at virology blog.
- The nucleotide sequence of the genome and transcriptome of a metastatic lobular breast cancer and was compared with that of a sample of the original tumor. The analysis reveals mutations that arose during development of the tumor.
- Did Komodo dragons start out small and evolve large size because they were on small islands? Or were they just big from the start?
- Tuberculosis, not cancer, killed Dr. Granville’s mummy
I’ll be back next Friday with more selections.