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- The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05247-2 3 comments
- A New Gene Pool of Animals in the Arctic http://nautil.us/issue/101/in-our-nature/a-strange-new-gene-pool-of-animals-is-brewing-in-the-arctic-rp 2 comments
- Idiot talking on cell phone removed from the gene-pool! He couldn't hear the Train that was coming right at him! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/06/ba3ntovo7.dtl 7 comments reddit.com
- The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05247-2 18 comments history
- The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05247-2 8 comments europe
- WW1 and the Gene Pool? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/5iomvx/ww1_and_the_gene_pool/ 126 comments history
- A Strange New Gene Pool of Animals Is Brewing in the Arctic http://nautil.us/issue/101/in-our-nature/a-strange-new-gene-pool-of-animals-is-brewing-in-the-arctic-rp 8 comments science
- An ancient baby’s skeleton has revealed through its DNA that all Native Americans descended from a single gene pool with roots in Asia. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/clovis-baby%E2%80%99s-genome-unveils-native-american-ancestry 33 comments science
- Allen West: Obama supporters ‘a threat to the gene pool’ http://floridaindependent.com/39629/allen-west-obama-gene-pool 8 comments politics
- Please thin the gene pool now http://gawker.com/5803413/stanley-the-adult-baby-investigated-for-social-security-fraud 6 comments reddit.com
- Armenian police target teenage rock cult: emo could "damage our gene pool". http://www.france24.com/en/20101226-armenian-police-target-teenage-rock-cult 25 comments worldnews
- The shallowest end of the gene pool. Literally or figuratively, you decide. http://www.pocketchangenyc.com/speedating.aspx 6 comments reddit.com
- Regional differences in how slaves were treated are reflected in the DNA of present-day Americans of African descent. Despite more than 60% of enslaved Africans being men, the study found a sex bias, with African women contributing substantially more to the gene pool of modern day African Americans https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/african-american-genomes-yield-insight-into-slavery-practices-67766?utm_content=135430635&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-18198832 11 comments science
- Pipeline exec says whoever vandalized Dakota Access Pipeline should be ‘removed from the gene pool’ https://thinkprogress.org/pipeline-execs-discuss-opposition-c1d029836d9b/ 9 comments politics
- Apart from "preserving the gene pool", what's a good reason to have kids? https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/4wgbze/apart_from_preserving_the_gene_pool_whats_a_good/ 54 comments india
- Genomic Evidence Establishes Anatolia as the Source of the European Neolithic Gene Pool http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/s0960-9822(15)01516-x 3 comments science
- '...female infidelity is good for the family, the community, and even the gene pool.' http://www.alternet.org/story/13648/?page=entire 4 comments reddit.com
- In the first 2 billion years of life on earth, bacteria routinely transferred genes among themselves, and access to a single gene pool was a significant source of evolutionary change http://www.context.org/iclib/ic34/margulis.htm 10 comments science
- Researchers say that promiscuity mixes up the gene pool and dilutes genetic differences between populations, slowing down the evolution of new species http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/evo.13212/abstract;jsessionid=bc6f70b3e27730ec25d22255fde5dcac.f02t01 16 comments science
- Modern European gene pool formed when three populations mixed within the last 7,000 years http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29213892 44 comments science
- Neanderthal DNA found in Whites and Asians undercuts the present belief that all human populations today draw from the same gene pool that existed a mere 50,000 years ago. http://guywhite.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/neanderthal-dna-found-in-whites-and-asians/ 51 comments science
- Songbirds in cities are damaging their health, exposing themselves to predators and weakening their gene pool by trying to be heard above the din of urban life. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/29/wildlife.animalbehaviour 2 comments science
- When watching the terrorists desecrate what millions of veterans sacrificed themselves to build, I noticed every single terrorist had that bottom of the gene pool look.... an unattractive simpleton appearance. My imagination? https://qz.com/1954265/the-attack-on-the-us-capitol-shows-the-real-danger-of-qanon/ 19 comments politics
- Women Prisoners Sterilized To Cut Welfare Cost In California - In CA, prison doctors have sterilized at least 148 women, mainly Mexicans, from '06 to 2010. They don’t want to have to provide welfare funding for any children they may have in the future and to eliminate ‘defectives’ from the gene pool http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-stern/sterilization-california-prisons_b_3631287.html 53 comments politics
- Analysis of bones from the tar pits in California reveals that sabre-toothed tigers and dire wolves had very high rates of osteochondrosis, which may stem from a dwindling gene pool as they neared extinction https://www.newscientist.com/article/2382277-bone-disease-in-sabre-toothed-tigers-may-be-a-sign-of-inbreeding/ 30 comments science
- Conspiracy Theory: North Carolina ran an aggressive eugenics program as late as 1977, sterilizing thousands of people to supposedly keep welfare rolls small, reduce poverty, and "improve the gene pool. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/10/us/redress-weighed-for-forced-sterilizations-in-north-carolina.html?ref=health 6 comments politics
- "Four Loko is not a drink, it is chlorine in the gene pool. It weeds out all the people unfit for the next generation, like Darwin in a can." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/05/four-loko-banned-in-michi_n_779591.html 18 comments reddit.com
- Gorilla inbreeding linked to webbed feet and fertility problems in endangered apes, study suggests - Smaller gene pool leaving apes vulnerable to disease outbreaks and habitat change https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/gorillas-inbreeding-webbed-feet-endangered-species-apes-mutations-congo-a8701731.html 45 comments worldnews
- The cheetah is now at home on the African plains, but it started a migration 100,000 years ago from North America towards its current habitat. The research found that the migration from North America was costly for the species, triggering the first major reduction in their gene pool. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151208204222.htm 722 comments science
- Aquarium locked in legal battle over denied bid for Russian beluga whales - Georgia Aquarium argues introducing new belugas into the captive population in the US would diversify the gene pool, but NOAA Fisheries denied their request. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/08/aquarium-legal-battle-beluga-whales-russia 3 comments worldnews
- A mysterious extinct "ghost" human lineage that was an even more distant relation than Neanderthals may have interbred with the ancestors of modern West Africans, significantly contributing to their gene pool, a new study finds https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/genetic-traces-of-mysterious-human-lineage-detected-in-people-living-in 925 comments science
- Bank of China has pledged at least 10bn yuan to create vast panda conservation park in south-west Sichuan province: park aims to bolster local economy while providing endangered animals with unbroken range in which they can meet and mate with other pandas in order to enrich their gene pool. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/08/chinese-bank-giant-panda-conservation-park 6 comments worldnews
- Scientists bred extremely sexually attractive male mosquitoes whose offspring are unable to breed. So these mosquitoes will hopefully dominate the mosquito gene pool, and in a generation or two, billions of mosquito larvae will be reproductive dead-ends. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc4263406/ 2398 comments science
- Scientists bred extremely sexually attractive male mosquitoes whose offspring are unable to breed. So these mosquitoes will hopefully dominate the mosquito gene pool, and in a generation or two, billions of mosquito larvae will be reproductive dead-ends. http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/multimedia/photos/eyewitness/modified-mosquito/ 12 comments science
- American Family Association leader says inbreeding is the problem with Islam. It may have done “irreversible damage to the Muslim gene pool, including extensive damage to its intelligence, sanity, and health.” http://iowaindependent.com/43050/american-family-association-leader-says-inbreeding-is-the-problem-with-islam 9 comments politics