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genetics

Bronze age settlement

Humans

Ancient Britons rapidly evolved to cope with lack of sunlight

The DNA of people who lived in Great Britain thousands of years ago has markers of natural selection at work – and the driving force seems to have been a shortage of vitamin D

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Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) in flight, Mexico

Life

Vampire bats adapted to drinking blood by shedding several genes

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DNA sequence

Humans

A new reference human genome could reflect our species’ true diversity

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The parthenogenetic mouse and the offspring. The parthenogenetic mouse was generated by targeted epigenetic rewriting of multiple imprinting control regions. The parthenogenetic mouse exhibited normal reproductive performance as an adult.

Life

Mouse pups born from unfertilised eggs through genetic manipulation

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Wild Wild Life newsletter: When species steal each other’s genes

Environment

Wild Wild Life newsletter: When species steal each other’s genes

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Life

Huge genetic database includes over 9000 species of flowering plants

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Sweet Happy birthday cake decorated with candle ready for party

Health

Gene variant found in centenarians appears to slow the ageing process

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Cotton whitefly Bemisia tabaci adults male female

Life

Whiteflies have acquired dozens of genes from plants they eat

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HT3KM2 Danebury Hill Fort, c2nd century BC, (c1990-2010). Artist: Karen Guffogg. Reconstruction drawing. Celtic / Iron age, approx. 2nd century BC. Built in the 6th century BC, the fort was in use for almost 500 years, during a period when the number of hill forts in Wessex greatly increased. Danebury was remodelled several times, making it more complex and resulting in it becoming a developed hill fort

Humans

Bronze Age migration may have brought Celtic languages to Britain

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Red grapes

Humans

European wine grapes have their genetic roots in western Asia

We used to think that European wine grapes were cultivated locally, independently of grape domestication in western Asia, but grape genetics suggests otherwise

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Life

Destructive pest moth stripped of sex appeal by gene editing

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Health

Rare mutation in Old Order Amish people linked to lower heart disease

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Humans

Anonymised genomes cannot be linked to faces as previously claimed

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Life

Pale barn owls in UK and Ireland hint at ancient land bridge

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