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Lifespan Less Heritable than Previously Thought
Lifespan Less Heritable than Previously Thought
Some of the longevity that appears to run in families can instead be attributed to people choosing life partners with similar characteristics.
Some of the longevity that appears to run in families can instead be attributed to people choosing life partners with similar characteristics.
genetics & genomics, history, genetics
Lords of the Fly, circa 1910
Dan Cossins | Sep 1, 2013 | 3 min read
In a cramped lab overflowing with fruit flies, Thomas Hunt Morgan and his protégés made the discoveries that laid the foundations of modern genetics.
The Human Genome Project, Then and Now
Walter F. Bodmer | Oct 1, 2011 | 3 min read
An early advocate of the sequencing of the human genome reflects on his own predictions from 1986.