genetics
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Eugenics in the Light of Evolution
It’s time to shed some light on the role evolutionary biology has played in promoting the…
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‘Til the Yeasts Come Home? – Domesticating Microbes
Cows and Sheep aren’t the only species touched by the hand of domestication. Microbes have been…
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Genetic Diversity and Its Impact on Disease Treatment
Though not captured in the language we use to describe disease, many ailments are caused by…
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Cryptic Species Hide in Plain Sight
The advent of affordable DNA sequencing has put molecular techniques at the forefront of species discovery.…
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Life in the Balance
I’m a up-and-coming molecular biologist, and I study genetics, evolution, and development. But what do I…
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DNA: Nature’s Hard Drive
In 60 short years we’ve discovered how to read, write, and edit DNA–now could it be…
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Marvelous mustards
You won’t broco-lieve it’s the same plant – the mustard family and its green relatives. A…
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Extract DNA from any living thing
DNA Extraction is easier than you might think – you can even try it in your…
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It’s Not Science Fiction; Chimeras Are Real
All of our cells have the same DNA… right? Genetic chimeras shatter our ideas of identity…