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The complex and unfolding story of heredity shows genes’ true place

18 July 2018

Inheritance is about so much more than the handing on of a genetic baton down the centuries, argues a nuanced new book, She Has Her Mother’s Laugh
Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped having sex

Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped having sex

1 March 2018

A family tree of 13 million people has been built using data from an ancestry website, and it reveals when and why people started avoiding marrying close relations

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