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Grasses pass genes from one species to another but we don鈥檛 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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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 鈥� and helps them feed
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Microbe somehow survives without key proteins for replicating its DNA
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Llamas and alpacas carry genes from mysterious 鈥榞host鈥� relatives
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Humans
DNA reveals ancient Croatian massacre was an indiscriminate killing
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Effects of Finnish evacuation during second world war visible in DNA
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Chip-based DNA testing wrong more than right for very rare variants
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We can see evidence of the ancient Snowball Earth in bacterial DNA
The photosynthetic bacteria that thrive in warm ocean waters today nearly died out when the entire planet froze over 680 million years ago 鈥� and there is evidence of that frozen world in their DNA
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Genetics leaves little doubt that humans wiped out passenger pigeons
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Genomic medicine is deeply biased towards white people
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How nature, nurture and sheer randomness combine to make a unique you
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Humans
Stone Age people in Ireland had dark skin and were lactose-intolerant
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