Blog Comments

Kinetica Online is pleased to provide direct links to commentaries from our senior editor Dr. Steven Pelech has posted on other blogs sites. Most of these comments appear on the GenomeWeb Daily Scan website, which in turn highlight interesting blogs that have been posted at numerous sites in the blogosphere since the beginning of 2010. A wide variety of topical subjects are covered ranging from the latest scientific breakthroughs, research trends, politics and career advice. The original blogs and Dr. Pelech’s comments are summarized here under the title of the original blog. Should viewers wish to add to these discussions, they should add their comments at the original blog sites.

The views expressed by Dr. Pelech do not necessarily reflect those of the other management and staff at Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation. However, we wish to encourage healthy debate that might spur improvements in how biomedical research is supported and conducted.

Forensics

The Surprising Variability of Mitochondrial DNA

Different versions of the mitochondrial genome can be found in different organs from the same person, with single-letter DNA changes that occur in as few as one in 10,000 mitochondria. S. Pelech notes that this is not surprising and may arise from the presence of thousands of mitochondria in the fertilized egg that become portioned out during early reductive cell divisions that give rise ultimately to the distinct tissues and organs. Read More...