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Cuts and scrapes may be slower to heal in redheads

Mice with the same genetic variant that contributes towards red hair in people were slower to recover from wounds than their black-haired counterparts

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Analysing Hitler's DNA for a TV gimmick tells us nothing useful

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An illustration of polycystic ovary syndrome, which causes the ovaries to enlarge

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We're closing in on how genetics may influence your PCOS risk

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Unpicking the genetics of fibromyalgia sheds new light on its causes

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Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch

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Evolution of intelligence in our ancestors may have come at a cost

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Selfish sperm see older fathers pass on more disease-causing mutations

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What’s my Alzheimer’s risk, and can I really do anything to change it?

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What’s my Alzheimer’s risk, and can I really do anything to change it?

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Supercentenarian María Branyas Morera, pictured with researcher Manel Esteller

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World’s oldest person had a young microbiome and 'exceptional genome'

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Thylacine's genome provides clues about why it went extinct

A comparison of the thylacine’s genome to other marsupials has revealed that the creatures lost genetic diversity long before humans and dingoes arrived in Australia

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Mystery of the potato's origins solved by genetics

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70,000 years ago humans underwent a major shift – that’s why we exist

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An ancient Egyptian's complete genome has been read for the first time

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Humans

A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches

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