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beluga, hybrid and narwhal skulls
News Genetics
DNA confirms a weird Greenland whale was a narwhal-beluga hybrid
DNA analysis of a skull indicates that the animal had a narwhal mother and beluga father.
By Tina Hesman Saey | 9:00am, June 20, 2019
DNA illustration
News | Genetics
Genealogy companies could struggle to keep clients’ data from police
By Tina Hesman Saey | 12:00pm, June 10, 2019
Russian digging site
News in Brief | Genetics
DNA reveals ancient Siberians who set the stage for the first Americans
By Bruce Bower | 12:00pm, June 07, 2019
gene mutations
News in Brief | Genetics
Almost all healthy people harbor patches of mutated cells
By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:00pm, June 06, 2019
modern African herders in Tanzania
News in Brief | Genetics
Africa’s first herders spread pastoralism by mating with foragers
By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, May 30, 2019
mosquito research
News | Genetics
A fungus weaponized with a spider toxin can kill malaria mosquitoes
By Tina Hesman Saey | 2:00pm, May 30, 2019
resistant bacteria
News | Genetics
How bacteria nearly killed by antibiotics can recover — and gain resistance
By Tina Hesman Saey | 6:00am, May 28, 2019
chromosomes
News | Genetics
Key parts of a fruit fly’s genetic makeup have finally been decoded
By Tina Hesman Saey | 12:05pm, May 17, 2019
Norwich terrier
News in Brief | Genetics
Some dog breeds may have trouble breathing because of a mutated gene
By Cassie Martin | 2:00pm, May 16, 2019
pond snails
News | Genetics
Tweaking one gene with CRISPR switched the way a snail shell spirals
By Tina Hesman Saey | 7:00am, May 14, 2019
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