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Genetics

Cotton whitefly Bemisia tabaci adults male female

Life

Whiteflies have acquired dozens of genes from plants they eat

A major crop pest has 50 genes that appear to originate from plants, and it might use them to detoxify plants’ chemical defences

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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

Humans

Bronze Age migration may have brought Celtic languages to Britain

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Red grapes

Humans

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.

Health

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

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Outlay of multiracial faces printed

Humans

Anonymised genomes cannot be linked to faces as previously claimed

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Barn Owl, Tyto alba

Life

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

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A rockfish (genus Sebastes)

Life

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

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A sea cucumber, Chiridota heheva

Life

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

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carved statue

Humans

Story of epic human voyages across Polynesia revealed by genetics

By studying DNA from people living in Polynesia, geneticists have worked out the order in which the islands – some thousands of kilometres apart– were populated

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Health

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

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Life

Gene responsible for cat fur patterns could lead to designer pets

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Life

Artificially stripped-back cell is still able to rapidly evolve

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Life

Weird ‘Borg’ DNA found in microbes takes in genes from other organisms

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