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genetics

Mind

Your genes may influence how much you enjoy listening to music

Identical twins seem to experience more similar levels of pleasure when listening to music than non-identical twins, which suggests it has a genetic element

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Aerial view of different coloured fields near the Werribee river in New South Wales, Australia

Life

Turning plants blue with gene editing could make robot weeding easier

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Life

Northern white rhino could be saved from extinction using frozen skin

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Health

DNA sequencing may give hope to critically ill adults in hospital

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Why our genetic code should remain off-limits to life insurers

Health

Why our genetic code should remain off-limits to life insurers

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Health

Genetics may protect against disease linked to eating human brains

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Life

Plant-killing genetic technology could wipe out superweeds

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Humans

Genomes of modern Indian people include wide range of Neanderthal DNA

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Life

Earliest known sex chromosomes evolved in octopuses

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Health

Does 23andMe's decline show genetic-based medicine has been overhyped?

23andMe's DNA test was once named "invention of the year", but now the company is in dire financial straits. Is this a sign that genetically based medicine's promise has been exaggerated?

Analysis

Life

We now know what makes oranges taste of oranges

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Life

Guinness yeasts are genetically unique among Irish beers

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Health

Multiple sclerosis genes may have arisen to ward off animal infections

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Humans

Genome analysis reveals genetic diversity of Indigenous Australians

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