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Having children earlier in life is genetically linked to dying younger

An analysis of over 270,000 people's genomes has found that people with genes linked to having children earlier in life are also more likely to die before the age of 76

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Rare gene variants can change your height by up to 7 centimetres

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Cannabis addiction may be partly down to genetics

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Yeast has half its DNA rewritten in quest for synthetic complex cells

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Migraines linked to rare genetic variants that could boost treatments

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A volunteer from the North Atlantic Salmon Fund with one of the escapee salmon

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On the hunt for thousands of salmon that escaped Icelandic fish farm

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Seventh Son author Sebastian Faulks: 'I'm 3.7 per cent Neanderthal'

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Seventh Son author Sebastian Faulks: 'I'm 3.7 per cent Neanderthal'

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Being vegetarian may be partly determined by your genes

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X-ray of a pelvis with arthritis, a key cause of hip pain, at both hip joints

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Hip pain linked to a dozen genetic variants

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We finally know what makes orange carrots orange

Three genes are turned off to make carrots produce high levels of alpha and beta-carotene, which make them a rich source of vitamin A and give them their orange hue

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DeepMind AI can predict if DNA mutations are likely to be harmful

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Rare mutation hints gene editing could prevent Alzheimer’s disease

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Cancer tumours eradicated by genetically modified immune cells

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Our genes shape our education level more than our upbringing

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