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CATEGORIES:Stokes Society\, Pembroke College
SUMMARY:DNA and Ancient Scrolls - Prof. Chris Howe
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UID:TALK48018AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/48018
DESCRIPTION:As DNA is copied\, mistakes can be made and then p
 ropagated in subsequent rounds of copying. Changes
  in DNA sequences among different species are wide
 ly used to construct evolutionary trees\, showing 
 how the species are related – sometimes with surpr
 ising conclusions.  However\, other things undergo
  the same process of ‘copying with changes’ includ
 ing manuscripts. We have successfully used compute
 r programs designed for analysing DNA sequences to
  study the copying history of sets of manuscripts\
 , for example for the Canterbury Tales. Exactly th
 e same approach has been used to study the evoluti
 on of things as diverse as languages and Persian c
 arpets.
LOCATION:Nihon Room\, Pembroke College
CONTACT:Graham Edgecombe
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