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Take-home DNA test reunites Quebec man with long-lost Dutch brother after 80 years – Montreal

Take-home DNA test reunites Quebec man with long-lost Dutch brother after 80 years – Montreal

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A birthday gift led to a lifelong discovery when MyHerritage DNA A test has revealed an 80-year-old family secret: a ...

RNA Molecules Found Preserved in 39,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Tissues

RNA Molecules Found Preserved in 39,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Tissues

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Scientists have successfully extracted and sequenced ancient RNA from the tissues of ten woolly mammoths preserved in permafrost. One of ...

A sinister, deadly brain protein could reveal the origins of all life

A sinister, deadly brain protein could reveal the origins of all life

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In 1944, Erwin Schrödinger published a book called What Is Life?. The physicist, famous for his alive-and-dead cat, clearly relished ...

Scientists Sequence Genome of Vampire Squid

Scientists Sequence Genome of Vampire Squid

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Genome vampire squid (Vampiroteuthis sp.) – one of the largest animal genomes, exceeding 10 billion base pairs. Vampire squid (Vampiroteuthis ...

Ancient Humans Introduced Wolves to Remote Baltic Sea Island 5,000 Years Ago

Ancient Humans Introduced Wolves to Remote Baltic Sea Island 5,000 Years Ago

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Wolves, the wild ancestors of dogs, are the only large predators domesticated by humans. However, it remains unclear whether this ...

Almost Two-Thirds of Breed Dogs Have Wolf Ancestry, Study Shows

Almost Two-Thirds of Breed Dogs Have Wolf Ancestry, Study Shows

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Although dogs(Familiar wolf dog) and wolves (dog lupus) can interbreed and produce fertile offspring, hybridization between them is much less ...

Researchers Using Neanderthal DNA to Learn More About How Human Faces Develop and Evolve

Researchers Using Neanderthal DNA to Learn More About How Human Faces Develop and Evolve

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University of Edinburgh scientist Hannah Long and her colleagues show how a region of Neanderthal DNA is better at activating ...

Surprising new biography of Francis Crick unravels the story of DNA

Surprising new biography of Francis Crick unravels the story of DNA

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Francis Crick (right) and James Watson in 1953 modeling DNA. A. BARRINGTON BROWN, GONVILLE AND CAUS COLLEGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Shout: ...

James Watson, Nobel Prize winner and DNA pioneer, dies

James Watson, Nobel Prize winner and DNA pioneer, dies

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On a chilly February afternoon in 1953, a gangly American and a fast-talking Brit walked into the Eagle pub in ...

James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix, has died aged 97

James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix, has died aged 97

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Molecular biologist James Watson helped uncover a hidden form of DNA Everett Collection: Historical / Alamy Stock Photo James Watson, ...

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