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The Avril Group Joins the IBM Food Trust Blockchain Platform to Strengthen Traceability of its Matines Eggs Range

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Paris, February 4 2020: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Avril Group, the French market leader in the vegetable oil and protein industry, as well as the owner of the leading fresh egg and oil brands, Matines and Lesieur, among others, today announced that Avril has joined IBM Food Trust, a blockchain-enabled global ecosystem for the food industry, and which will run on IBM Cloud. Matines differentiates itself with a new and personalized consumer experience. This is thanks to the enhanced information and traceability of 25 references on its ranges of organic, outdoors, free-range red label, soil and standard eggs. (more…)

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Landmark genetic analysis identifies how woolly mammoth adapted to arctic life

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The first comprehensive analysis of the woolly mammoth genome reveals extensive genetic changes that allowed mammoths to adapt to life in the arctic. Mammoth genes that differed from their counterparts in elephants played roles in skin and hair development, fat metabolism, insulin signaling and numerous other traits. Genes linked to physical traits such as skull shape, small ears and short tails were also identified. As a test of function, a mammoth gene involved in temperature sensation was resurrected in the laboratory and its protein product characterized. (more…)

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Ancient ‘genomic parasites’ spurred evolution of pregnancy in mammals

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Study identifies thousands of genes that were turned on or off in the uterus during the evolution of pregnancy

An international team of scientists has identified large-scale genetic changes that marked the evolution of pregnancy in mammals. (more…)

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