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Bubble-blowing humpback whales grouped by genetics

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Bubble-blowing humpback whales grouped by genetics

After examining 2200 tissue biopsy samples from humpback whales that breed and feed around the North Pacific Ocean, five distinct genetic groups emerged

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Oldest human genome dug up in Spain's pit of bones

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Oldest human genome dug up in Spain's pit of bones

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Mouse memory inheritance may revitalise Lamarckism

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Snakes outpacing other vertebrates in race to evolve

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Snakes outpacing other vertebrates in race to evolve

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Fear of a smell can be passed down several generations

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Fear of a smell can be passed down several generations

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Synthetic primordial cell copies RNA for the first time

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Synthetic primordial cell copies RNA for the first time

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23andMe ordered to stop selling $99 genetic test

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Fred 'two Nobels' Sanger changed the world with DNA

Fred 'two Nobels' Sanger changed the world with DNA

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The germ detectives: Tracking the DNA to patient zero

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The germ detectives: Tracking the DNA to patient zero

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Mystery human species emerges from Denisovan genome

Life

Mystery human species emerges from Denisovan genome

The genome of an extinct hominin species contains unusual snippets of DNA that seem to have come from yet another group – but who were they?

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Perfection is a myth, show 50,000 bacterial generations

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Wolves turned into dogs by European hunter-gatherers

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Life

Written in blood: Your life history in just one drop

Features

Life

Genetic clue to high heart risk of black Americans

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