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We need to overhaul the language of genetics to root out racism

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We need to overhaul the language of genetics to root out racism

The terminology used in genetics is often scientifically confused or rooted in a racist history. An overhaul is needed to break free from its problematic past, says Adam Rutherford

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Richard Lewontin

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Richard Lewontin: Pioneering evolutionary biologist dies aged 92

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illustration of plasmids

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Selfish genes fight each other with DNA-destroying CRISPR systems

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Goats were first domesticated in western Iran 10,000 years ago

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Goats were first domesticated in western Iran 10,000 years ago

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Alice Roberts: Archaeogenetics will help us solve mysteries of past

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Alice Roberts: Archaeogenetics will help us solve mysteries of past

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Depression and inflammation appear to be linked – but it's unclear why

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Depression and inflammation appear to be linked – but it's unclear why

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Old tom cats have more mutations in their sperm like older human males

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Grasses pass genes from one species to another but we don’t know how

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Grasses pass genes from one species to another but we don’t know how

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Henrietta Lacks

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Henrietta Lacks

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Some rabbits walk on their front feet with their back legs in the air

A type of domestic rabbit called sauteur d’Alfort cannot hop and instead learns to walk on its front legs with its hind legs in the air – all because of a single gene

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Plant gene has naturally crossed into insects – and helps them feed

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Microbe somehow survives without key proteins for replicating its DNA

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Llamas and alpacas carry genes from mysterious ‘ghost’ relatives

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DNA reveals ancient Croatian massacre was an indiscriminate killing

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