Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome

The sequence of the human genome encodes the genetic instructions for human physiology, as well as rich information about human evolution. In 2001, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium reported a draft sequence of the euchromatic portion of the human genome. Since then, the international collaboration has worked to convert this draft into a genome sequence with high accuracy and nearly complete coverage. Here, we report the result of this finishing process. The current genome sequence (Build 35) contains 2.85 billion nucleotides interrupted by only 341 gaps. It covers ∼99% of the euchromatic genome and is accurate to an error rate of ∼1 event per 100,000 bases. Many of the remaining euchromatic gaps are associated with segmental duplications and will require focused work with new methods. The near-complete sequence, the first for a vertebrate, greatly improves the precision of biological analyses of the human genome including studies of gene number, birth and death. Notably, the human enome seems to encode only 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes. The genome sequence reported here should serve as a firm foundation for biomedical research in the decades ahead

A Green History of the World: The environment of the Collapse of Great Civilizations

Clive Ponting\u27s book studies the relationship between the environment and human history. It examines world civilizations from Sumeria to ancient Egypt, from Easter Island to the Roman Empire and it argues that human beings have repeatedly built societies that have grown and prospered by exploiting the Earth\u27s resources, only to expand to the point where those resources could no longer sustain the societies\u27 populations and subsequently collapsed. He shows, for example, how the fall of Rome has particular and vital importance for our modern global civilization. Destructive environmental behaviour today takes place on a much larger scale than ever before and the consequences will be correspondingly greater. Ponting argues for a higher sensitivity to the finite nature of our resources and the catastrophic impact on our modern world, should we continue to squander those resources.https://scholar.dominican.edu/cynthia-stokes-brown-books-world-history/1013/thumbnail.jp

A New Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations

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Patrimônio cultural: a percepção da natureza como um bem não renovável

Neste artigo objetivamos apresentar algumas reflexões a respeito do patrimônio cultural, destacando os contornos semânticos historicamente construídos em torno dessa categoria. A partir de então, enfatizamos as discussões de ordem normativa que envolveram e envolvem políticas de preservação dos bens patrimoniais, sobretudo aquelas que se voltaram para a natureza como um bem, de modo a mostrar que a emergência do chamado patrimônio natural está diretamente ligada ao redirecionamento das preocupações de ordem mundial acerca dos recursos naturais do planeta.<br>In this article we aim to present some thoughts regarding cultural heritage focusing on the different linguistic meanings historically built around this category. From then on we focus on the legal discussions which involve and once involved preservation policy for patrimonial matters; specially those which dealt with nature as a patrimony, thus showing that the emergency of the natural patrimony is directly linked to the redirection of world concerning about the natural resources of the planet