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First fine-scale genetic map of the British Isles Date: March 18, 2015 Source: Wellcome Trust Summary: Many people in the UK feel a strong sense of regional identity, and it now appears that there ...
A team of scientists is visiting Northern Ireland later in a bid to draw up a genetic map of the British Isles.
A genetic map of the British Isles has shown the Welsh are most closely related to the earliest settlers after the last ice age, and there is no single "Celtic" genetic group. The findings come ...
This is a genetic map of the British Isles, based on work by Professor Jim Wilson from the University of Edinburgh's Usher Institute and MRC Human Genetics Unit.
Madam, - A well known confectioner has recently begun a series of television advertisements on British television urging people to "make the country happy". Beside this tagline is a chocolate map ...
The first in-depth genetic scan of the British Isles shows their violent history of invasion after invasion lives on in the people.
Seth Lakeman takes us on a whirlwind tour of the folk and traditional music of the British Isles, exploring the distinct sounds of different regions.
IN the University of Gottingen there is apparently the only copy of a map of the British Isles published in 1603 by John Woutneel and engraved by William Kip. It is a large sheet cut into four and ...
Scientists are planning to sequence the genomes of all species, including plants, animals, fungi, found in Britain and Ireland.
The United Kingdom is made up of Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England but is the Republic of Ireland part of the British Isles?
This is a genetic map of the British Isles, based on work by Professor Jim Wilson from the University of Edinburgh's Usher Institute and MRC Human Genetics Unit.