“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Oded Poncz, founder and chief technology ...

De-duplication (“de-duping”) is the process of comparing electronic records based on their content and characteristics and removing duplicate records from the data set so that only one instance of an ...

Novel gene function associated with gene duplication can arise in either of two ways. According to the NEO-F model, novel function arises after gene duplication, with one copy maintaining ancestral ...

Segmental duplications are large genomic segments of recent origin and nearly identical sequence. Segmental duplications account for up to 5% of the human genome and they are often involved in genomic ...

Although it may not be as dramatic as the Big Bang birthing the universe, an explosion of DNA duplication in the common ancestor of humans, chimpanzees and gorillas may be responsible for many of the ...

They have pinpointed a previously hidden “whole genome duplication” (WGD) in the common ancestor of these species, which seemingly opened the door to genetic variations that may have conferred an ...

The FCC is reinstating a rule that prohibits the duplication of FM programming beyond a 25% threshold. The commission says the decision serves the public interest by furthering the goals of ...