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Cape Parrot Should be Considered as a New Specie Based on Genetic Analysis

The plea for the elevation of the Cape Parrot from a sub-specie of the Brown-Necked Parrot to a new specie, doesn't end in the rejection of BirdLife International last 2012, as researchers are now presenting new genetic evidence.

Yeast DNA Traced Origin of Lager Beer to 15th Century Bavaria

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison used advanced DNA sequencing to identify the genetic signatures of lager yeasts and have discovered that modern domesticated lager yeast is a hybrid of two different yeast species: Saccharromyces cerevisiae, the original ale-making variety, and Saccharromyces eubayanus.

U.S. Mortgage Debt Slipped 0.7 percent in the Second Quarter of 2015

Even with the rise of Americans buying homes at a high price, data shows that mortgage debt only changed a little.
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