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Researchers show that random rearrangement of DNA determines which of seven possible mating types the offspring of a single-celled microbe will be.
International collaboration doubles the number of genetic regions associated with breast, prostate, and ovarian cancers.
Researchers demonstrate that brain activity in response to a decision-making challenge predicts the likelihood that released prisoners will be re-arrested.
Researchers identify a protein involved in the chromosomal disorder that could explain its characteristic learning deficits.
Researchers find that temporary double-stranded DNA breaks commonly result from normal neuron activation—but expression of an Alzheimer’s-linked protein increases the damage.
Genetics experts argue that patients should be told about dangerous variants in their DNA that show up incidentally during sequencing.
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Newly constructed ramps will expand the habitat available to a colony of water voles in London, and similar ramps elsewhere could encourage isolated populations to mix.
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