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genetics

Two overlapping giraffes facing in opposite directions

Life

Giraffes got their long necks thanks to a few dozen gene changes

Comparing the genome of the giraffe and its shorter-necked okapi relative has pinpointed genes likely involved in the evolution of the long neck

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Building blocks of life's first self-replicator recreated in lab

Life

Building blocks of life's first self-replicator recreated in lab

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Fat labrador sleeping

Life

Why are so many Labradors fat?

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Three skulls, black background

Humans

Game of bones: first Europeans' shifting fortunes found in DNA

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Let people most affected by gene editing write CRISPR rules

Health

Let people most affected by gene editing write CRISPR rules

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Dolly sheep

Life

The story of Dolly is about us as much as cloning

Leader

A pygmy bushtit

Environment

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

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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

Neanderthals, Denisovans and other extinct humans live on inside our cells – but what was life like for the hybrid humans who carried their genes?

Features

Humans

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

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Health

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

Features

Health

First evidence that sperm epigenetics affect the next generation

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Humans

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

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