Ancestry & Evolution
The desire to understand our origins is primal. By examining our DNA over successive generations through the evolutionary process of inherited characteristics of human and animal populations–as well as from those species from which humans share a common ancestry–we can decipher our individual and collective past and develop medical innovations for the future.
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Genetics of homosexuality: “Don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t publish”?
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University study finds mixed reception of genetic testing
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Does patenting genes stifle innovation and health care access?
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Genetic study traces horse domestication to Russia
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Enzyme corrects more than one million faults in DNA replication
Scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM) at the University of Edinburgh have ...
Test-tube’ babies have more birth defects?
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Minnesotans weigh pros and cons of breakthrough genetic testing technology
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Will Gattaca come true?
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Can blood test predict breast cancer risk?
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Newborns with missing spleen – Genetic link identified
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Canadian geneticist discovers secret behind the blond-haired Solomon Islanders
The discovery of a gene mutation that gives some Soloman Islanders platinum blond hair has important implications for medicine and ...
Back from the dead: Couple who paid $155,000 to CLONE their dog
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Jews are an ancient Middle Eastern ‘tribe’, genes reveal
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