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K2BPCD Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) breaching, Canada, Arctic Ocean.

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Bowhead whales still harmed from whaling that ended a century ago

Commercial bowhead whaling ended in the early 20th century, but the industry’s lasting effects on the whales’ genetic diversity are leading to declines again

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Modern rose hybrids have a worrying lack of genetic diversity

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Huge genetic study redraws the tree of life for flowering plants

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Mind

Your genes may influence how much you enjoy listening to music

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Aerial view of different coloured fields near the Werribee river in New South Wales, Australia

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Turning plants blue with gene editing could make robot weeding easier

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Northern white rhino could be saved from extinction using frozen skin

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Health

DNA sequencing may give hope to critically ill adults in hospital

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Why our genetic code should remain off-limits to life insurers

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Why our genetic code should remain off-limits to life insurers

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Genetics may protect against disease linked to eating human brains

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Plant-killing genetic technology could wipe out superweeds

A ‘gene drive’ that spreads through plant populations could be used to wipe out pests such as superweeds, or to help save species by making them resistant to heat or disease

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Humans

Genomes of modern Indian people include wide range of Neanderthal DNA

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Earliest known sex chromosomes evolved in octopuses

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Does 23andMe's decline show genetic-based medicine has been overhyped?

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We now know what makes oranges taste of oranges

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