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The fight against coronavirus needs to embrace evolutionary theory
We're not taking evolution into account properly in our pandemic strategy – here's why we must change tack, says Jonathan Goodman
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Weird fractal Romanesco cauliflowers start life as failed flowers
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We need to overhaul the language of genetics to root out racism
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Richard Lewontin: Pioneering evolutionary biologist dies aged 92
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Selfish genes fight each other with DNA-destroying CRISPR systems
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Humans
Goats were first domesticated in western Iran 10,000 years ago
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Alice Roberts: Archaeogenetics will help us solve mysteries of past
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Depression and inflammation appear to be linked – but it’s unclear why
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Old tom cats have more mutations in their sperm like older human males
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Grasses pass genes from one species to another but we don’t know how
A study of 17 grass species found that 13 of them carry genes that have been transferred from another species, suggesting that gene-swapping happens all the time
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Henrietta Lacks
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Some rabbits walk on their front feet with their back legs in the air
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Plant gene has naturally crossed into insects – and helps them feed
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Microbe somehow survives without key proteins for replicating its DNA
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