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Genographic Public Swabbing Event Held in Adelaide, Australia

Posted on December 13, 2010

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5088500387_1662242f77_b.jpgA public participant uses his daughter's help to swab and participate in the event at the Adelaide Central Market.  Photo by Bettina Cutler.

The University of Adelaide hosted a Genographic swabbing event at the Adelaide Central Market in October. One hundred free Genographic Kits were distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to the public. Volunteers from the University of Adelaide, IBM, and the Royal Institution of Australia explained the project and guided participants through the process. Some local Adelaide celebrities who also participated include members of Adelaide's United Football Club and celebrity chef Poh Ling Yeow.


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Influences of history, geography, and religion on genetic structure: the Maronites in Lebanon

Posted on December 1, 2010

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The Baalbek ruins, Lebanon. Photo by Chafic Karam. 

Genographic Project scientists published a paper today in the European Journal of Human Genetics (EJHG).

Cultural expansions, including of religions, frequently leave genetic traces of differentiation and in-migration. These expansions may be driven by complex doctrinal differentiation, together with major population migrations and gene flow. The aim of this study was to explore the genetic signature of the establishment of religious communities in a region where some of the most influential religions originated, using the Y chromosome as an informative male-lineage marker.

Read the synopsis on EJHB's website

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