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Lingering kiss: DNA persists in the mouth after smooch

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Lingering kiss: DNA persists in the mouth after smooch

A kiss is not just a kiss – it's bacteria, mucus and DNA. And with the discovery that the DNA persists in the mouth for at least an hour, it could be used to identify sex offenders

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DNA privacy: don't flatter yourself

Opinion

Scarred for life? The biology of childhood hardship

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Scarred for life? The biology of childhood hardship

Opinion

Quadruple helix DNA discovered in human cells

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Quadruple helix DNA discovered in human cells

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Matching names to genes: the end of genetic privacy?

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Matching names to genes: the end of genetic privacy?

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Life

Social antics in ants inherited like sex chromosomes

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Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story

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Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story

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DNA 'identichip' gives a detailed picture of a suspect

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DNA 'identichip' gives a detailed picture of a suspect

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Epigenetics: What's left to find out

Epigenetics: What's left to find out

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Epigenetics: Far-reaching effects

Epigenetics: Far-reaching effects

Faulty epigenetics may play a part in some congenital disorders and cancers. But it's not clear whether epigenetic susceptibility to disease can be inherited

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Epigenetics: Discovery

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Epigenetics: A ubiquitous phenomenon

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Did learning to fly give bats super-immunity?

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Fetal healing: Curing congenital diseases in the womb

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