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A new study shows cephalopods edit messages from their DNA, allowing them to adapt faster to their environment.
The causes of motor neurone disease and schizophrenia have something important in common.
How can the same basic genome produce such different forms in the two sexes of a single species? It turns out one gene can encode for various things, depending on the order its instructions are read.
Most people with dilated cardiomyopathy die within five years of a diagnosis. Luckily, new treatments for this deadly disease are being developed.
Over $US3 billion is spent every year on genetic research. But we are not getting enough return for this investment.
Not only are tumors are different from one another, but there can even be genetic differences within a single tumor.
New research pinpoints the genes that could counteract decades of bland breeding.
Why research that links our social behaviour to our genes is still controversial today.
It’s possible to alter the make-up of a species such as a mosquito’s ability to pass on the deadly malaria parasite. But we need to consider the pros and cons of such gene editing technology.
Understanding how genes influence people’s behaviour doesn’t lead to fatalism.
Animals that group together to fight off evolutionary pressure may actually evolve faster.
The answer – fewer than are in a banana – has implications for the study of human health and raises questions about what generates complexity anyway.
An important cell function called endocytosis is revealing a lot about how Alzheimer’s develops.
Scottish Folds are adorable cats with folded ears and owl-like faces. But their cuteness also condemns them to a life of suffering.
Genes aren’t destiny.
It is an illness that runs in families – but there are other factors which go beyond inheritance.
Even if intelligence has a genetic basis, this doesn’t make educational intervention pointless.
Scientists have uncovered the genetics that explain the snake’s impressive length – and used the science to create extra-long mice.
Regulations, funding and public opinion around genetically enhancing future generations vary from country to country. Here’s why China may be poised to be the pioneer.
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Jenny Graves is a Friend of The Conversation.Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow, King's College London
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Professor in Functional Genetics, University of Aberdeen
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Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town
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University Academic Fellow, University of Leeds
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London
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Mark Elgar is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Evolutionary Biology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Obesity, UCL
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Associate professor and Royal Society Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher of Evolutionary Biology, University of Pennsylvania
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Research Fellow at Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King's College London, King's College London
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Research Scientist in Biostatistics, University of Washington
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PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Muscle Physiology, Karolinska Institutet
