genetics
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Does Your Blood Type Affect Your Risk of Covid-19?
An intriguing study published last week found a link between covid-19 severity and having type A blood; type O blood, on the other hand, was linked to a lower chance of severe illness. But it’s unlikely that any potential connection between covid-19 and blood type will be very relevant to the average person.
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One Of The Last Mammoths On Earth Was So Mutated, It Lost The Ability To Smell Flowers
The vast majority of woolly mammoths went extinct at the end of the last ice age, but small, isolated populations managed to hold out for a little while longer. New research uncovers the extent to which at least one of these final mammoths suffered due to its many mutations.
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Newly Sequenced Giant Squid Genome Raises As Many Questions As It Answers
One the most intriguing and mysterious creatures on the planet”the giant squid”has finally had its genome fully sequenced. But while the genome is helping to explain many of its distinguishing features, including its large size and big brain, we still have much to learn about this near-mythical beast.
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Your Genes Suck At Predicting Your Health, Study Finds
A new study this month is the latest to suggest that our genes really don’t do much to predict our health, at least most of the time.