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“ Humans are generally believed to be more highly “evolved” than our chimpanzee cousins. But in at least one sense that isn't true, say geneticists who have hunted for the hallmarks of natural selection in our respective genomes - and found more of them in chimps.”
Chimps lead evolutionary race
tags: genome genetics
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“ Type genetic testing into a search engine and you'll see an array of paid adverts along the sides of the page, offering screening tests, DNA tests, paternity tests and genealogy tests. It's a thriving business. What's not as clear in the adverts is that the foundations of the business could best be called shallow.”
Genetic medics build high hopes
tags: science dna genetics
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On Nature:
- You're only as old as your genes
- genetic fingerprint could pinpoint fittest organ donors
- Neanderthal genome in two years
- we have the modern human genome. Now researchers are set to sequence the DNA of our extinct cousins: Neanderthal man
tags: science genetics dna