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The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins’s evolution classic still holds up

Life

The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins’s evolution classic still holds up

When Richard Dawkins’s first blockbuster book was published half a century ago, few genes had ever been sequenced or studied in detail. Yet the book’s gene-centred view of evolution still has much to teach us in today’s genetic age

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The hidden power of epigenetics: Best ideas of the century

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The hidden power of epigenetics: Best ideas of the century

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The woolly rhino

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Woolly rhino genome recovered from meat in frozen wolf pup’s stomach

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How vanishing Y chromosomes could help explain men's ill health

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How vanishing Y chromosomes could help explain men's ill health

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Life

Largest genome sequenced so far is 30 times bigger than a human's

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Life

Small fern species has a genome 50 times larger than that of humans

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Health

We know almost nothing about thousands of proteins in the human body

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Health

Genome technology is transforming healthcare but what should we allow?

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River had his genome sequenced as part of the trial, which revealed he has a genetic condition called Gaucher disease. He was then started on an experimental treatment and his now a

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Rapid genome sequencing helps save hundreds of critically ill babies

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sandy the dingo

Life

Dingo genome suggests Australian icon not descended from domestic dogs

A new analysis helps to unravel the mystery of the Australian dingo’s origins by showing that it is probably descended from a wild dog rather than a domestic breed

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Humans

A new reference human genome could reflect our species’ true diversity

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Humans

Ancient faeces show Iron Age miners ate blue cheese and drank beer

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Environment

It’s now easier to run trials testing CRISPR-edited crops in England

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Life

Harvestman genome helps explain how arachnids got grasping legs

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