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For the first time, the innovative method of CRISPR gene modification has been applied to squid, marking a milestone in the scientific study of these creatures – and opening up many new areas of potential research. CRISPR enables highly secure, fast, and low-cost DNA processing. Simply put, the ingenious molecular …

Scattered throughout the genomes of humans around the world, we can find remains of Neanderthal descent. In some, this grants disease resistance, or even a unique head shape. A few have apparently inherited the sensitive side of Neanderthals. Evolutionary geneticists have closely examined a genetic variation in the DNA of …