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genetics

A pygmy bushtit

Environment

Smallest perching bird’s long-lost family revealed by genetics

The pygmy bushtit was thought to be the only surviving species of its genus. Now genetics is showing that it’s not so different from its larger cousins

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Judge gene-edited crops by what they do, not how they are made

Health

Judge gene-edited crops by what they do, not how they are made

Analysis

human Neanderthal

Humans

The 4 genetic traits that helped humans conquer the world

Features

undead artwork

Humans

Meet our hybrid ancestors who kept extinct humans' DNA alive

Features

A young couple sitting next to each other, arms entwined. She's smiling as he leans in like they might kiss

Humans

38 genes influence when you lose your virginity. But so what?

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bodyclock artwork

Health

In sync: How to take control of your many body clocks

Features

runners

Health

First evidence that sperm epigenetics affect the next generation

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Coloured image of human embryo at 16 cell stage

Humans

Second CRISPR human embryo study shows there is a long way to go

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A man in a busy crowd

Life

The genetic superheroes who have mutations but not the disease

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Missing Y chromosome kept us apart from Neanderthals

Humans

Missing Y chromosome kept us apart from Neanderthals

An analysis of a Neanderthal Y chromosome suggests human hybrids containing it would have been unviable, and explain why it is not found in modern humans

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Health

HIV defies attempt to edit virus out of human cells with CRISPR

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Humans

The truth about migration: How evolution made us xenophobes

Features

Life

Breakthrough in synthetic biology is far from 'playing God'

Leader

Humans

Eugenic America: How to exclude almost everyone

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