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Research has shed intriguing new light on the genetics underlying the diverse plant organ shapes seen in agriculture and ...
Researchers have solved a long-standing mystery of how abnormal chromosomes drive cancer, identifying 81 new genes involved ...
The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists have only begun to understand why. Two researchers set out to ...
By studying long-lived families, scientists have uncovered a rare genetic clue that may help explain why some people stay ...
Researchers found evidence of malaria in Francesco I de' Medici's bones, leading them to argue "with scientific certainty" ...