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Huge genetic database includes over 9000 species of flowering plants

Public library of DNA sequences will allow botanists to track the complex evolutionary history of flowering plants in unprecedented detail

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Gene variant found in centenarians appears to slow the ageing process

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Cotton whitefly Bemisia tabaci adults male female

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Whiteflies have acquired dozens of genes from plants they eat

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HT3KM2 Danebury Hill Fort, c2nd century BC, (c1990-2010). Artist: Karen Guffogg. Reconstruction drawing. Celtic / Iron age, approx. 2nd century BC. Built in the 6th century BC, the fort was in use for almost 500 years, during a period when the number of hill forts in Wessex greatly increased. Danebury was remodelled several times, making it more complex and resulting in it becoming a developed hill fort

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Bronze Age migration may have brought Celtic languages to Britain

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Red grapes

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European wine grapes have their genetic roots in western Asia

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Beet armyworm / Small mottled willow (Spodoptera exigua) moth on Cotton (Gossypium sp) flower bud.

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Destructive pest moth stripped of sex appeal by gene editing

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Human heart, 3D coloured computed tomography (CT) scan. This is an oblique side view. The heart is a hollow muscular organ that receives and pumps blood from and around the body through the veins and arteries that branch out from its four internal chambers. The external surface of the heart includes the coronary arteries and veins that supply blood to the heart muscle. This scan includes parts of the heart's major veins and arteries, with the aorta running down right.

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Rare mutation in Old Order Amish people linked to lower heart disease

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Outlay of multiracial faces printed

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Anonymised genomes cannot be linked to faces as previously claimed

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Barn Owl, Tyto alba

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Pale barn owls in UK and Ireland hint at ancient land bridge

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A rockfish (genus Sebastes)

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Deep-sea rockfish that live to be 200 hint at genes for longevity

Longevity research often focuses on short-lived lab animals like mice – but a study of long-lived rockfish might offer new genetic clues for extending lifespans

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Sea cucumber has modified genes to help it live on hydrothermal vents

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Story of epic human voyages across Polynesia revealed by genetics

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Rare genetic variants play important role in people who live to be 100

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Gene responsible for cat fur patterns could lead to designer pets

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