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whitefly

Life

Plant gene has naturally crossed into insects – and helps them feed

One species of whitefly, an aphid-like insect, carries a chunk of plant DNA in its genome that protects it from some of the poisons that plants produce

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DNA replication

Life

Microbe somehow survives without key proteins for replicating its DNA

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guanacos

Life

Llamas and alpacas carry genes from mysterious ‘ghost’ relatives

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DNA reveals ancient Croatian massacre was an indiscriminate killing

Humans

DNA reveals ancient Croatian massacre was an indiscriminate killing

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People in Finland

Humans

Effects of Finnish evacuation during second world war visible in DNA

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DNA

Technology

Chip-based DNA testing wrong more than right for very rare variants

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We can see evidence of the ancient Snowball Earth in bacterial DNA

Life

We can see evidence of the ancient Snowball Earth in bacterial DNA

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passenger pigeon

Life

Genetics leaves little doubt that humans wiped out passenger pigeons

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Genomic medicine is deeply biased towards white people

Health

Genomic medicine is deeply biased towards white people

Features

How nature, nurture and sheer randomness combine to make a unique you

Life

How nature, nurture and sheer randomness combine to make a unique you

We’re slowly beginning to unpick the complex interplay of genes, environment and experience that make you who you are – and like no one else who ever existed

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Humans

Stone Age people in Ireland had dark skin and were lactose-intolerant

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Humans

Rotten fish smell sweeter if you have a specific genetic mutation

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Environment

Evolution is evolving: 13 ways we must rethink the theory of nature

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Life

Australian labradoodle is more poodle than Labrador, according to DNA

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