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Mitochondrial DNA: A Maternal Legacy That Helps Trace the Past and Diagnose the Future

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Catch Me If You Can: Sequencing Screens for Rare Disease Genes

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Neanderthal Ancestry in Europeans Unchanged for Last 45,000 Years

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