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2,451 results for: mutations

  1. Life

    How the cheetah loses its spots

    Mutations in one gene alter felines’ coat coloring.

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  2. Humans

    What makes a face go round

    Genetic enhancers acting far away from their intended genes can help shape a face during development.

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  3. Genetics

    A glowing green thumb

    Omri Amirav-Drory wants to engineer a glow-in-the-dark garden.

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  4. Science & Society

    HeLa genome offers clues to cells’ cancerous nature

    The genetic sequence is published along with an agreement to protect the privacy of the family of the cells’ provider, Henrietta Lacks.

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  5. Life

    Breast cancer gets genetic profile

    Insights from new data may help improve treatment for some types of disease.

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  6. Microbes

    The vast virome

    When it comes to the microbiome, bacteria get all the press. But virologists are starting to realize that their subjects also do a lot more than make people sick.

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  7. Life

    Alga borrows genes to beat the heat, acid and toxic metals

    Such genetic theft from bacteria and archaea is unusual among eukaryotes.

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  8. Neuroscience

    Finding the brain’s common language

    Erich Jarvis dreams of creating a talking chimpanzee. If his theories on language are right, that just might happen one day.

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  9. Life

    New bird flu claims more victims

    H7N9 influenza spreads to Beijing, may come from poultry and pigeons.

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  10. Life

    The reason to avoid poop coffee isn’t what you think

    Beans from civet feces have become so popular that abuse and fraud are common.

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  11. Humans

    Y chromosome analysis moves Adam closer to Eve

    A pair of genetic studies has pushed back age of men's most recent common ancestor.

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  12. Life

    New swine flu virus could infect people

    Strains found in Korean pigs contain gene mutations that make them potentially transmissible to humans.

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