Globes of medical and genetic issues March 31, 2007
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Art, genetics, Invention, Medicine, Policy and Law, science.trackback
That’s why I use StumbleUpon. I found this Worldprocessor site today and would like to show you some interesting images of globes which are meant to represent medical and genetic issues.
DNA Traces
Population geneticists have traced the human family tree to an ancestral homo sapiens community of only 2000 breeding individuals living in Africa, which began splitting up approximately 144,000 years ago and migrating to Asia and Europe before the Americas. Analyses of mitochondrial DNA passed from mother to child have identified only one female (a mitochondrial “Eve”) at the root of the mDNA family tree represented by orange lines; other lineages fell extinct. Y chromosome sequences passed from father to son are represented by green lines and go back to a single chromosonal “Adam.” It is believed that 10 principle branches in the Y chromosome tree may correspond to the world’s major language groups.
DNA traces, refugee populations, and migration routes
Life expectancy
Infant Mortality
In areas shaded dark red, one out of five children does not live beyond the age of five. In white areas, the mortality is less than 2%.
There are at least 300 more globes on the site. Enjoy browsing!
Very interesting! Love the hard science of your site. Quite refreshing.
Thank you! It’s always hard to find audience for hard science.
Wow! Interesting! I wonder how this set of data came about. What were used to trace these genetic records? Was there some kind of basis or some study done to reveal this?
I don’t think that globe has anything to do with real genetic traces.