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You are junk: Why it’s not your genes that make you human
Genes make proteins make us – that was the received wisdom. But from big brains to opposable thumbs, some of our signature traits could come from elsewhere
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Genes make proteins make us – that was the received wisdom. But from big brains to opposable thumbs, some of our signature traits could come from elsewhere
The discovery that many genes are still working up to 48 hours after death has implications for organ transplants, forensics and our very definition of death