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UCLA-Led Team Finds Lingering Effects of Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans
Recent scientific discoveries have shown that Neanderthal genes comprise some 1 to 4% of the genome of modern non-Africans, but the question remained open on how much those genes are still actively influencing human traits — until now.
Biomath PhD graduate receives the Publisher's Award from The Society of Systematic Biologists
Recent Biomathematics Ph.D. graduate Alexander Fisher (now an Assistant Professor at Duke) has received the Publisher's Award for Excellence in Systematic Research from The Society of Systematic Biologists. The award is presented to the two best papers based on student research published in Systematic Biology during the previous year.
The award is for the research article:
Alexander A Fisher, University of California, Los Angeles