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Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and colleagues have made the first direct measurement of the general rate of genetic mutation in humans. 01/09/09
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The tendency to see the glass as half full or half empty may be determined by your genes, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust. 02/03/09
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Trust-funded researchers have found the first genetic regions with links to synaesthesia, the brain condition that leads some people to see sounds and hear written words. 17/02/09
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Our surnames and genetic information are often strongly connected, according to a study funded by the Wellcome Trust. 11/02/09
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Researchers have identified new genetic variants associated with obesity that are active in the brain - suggesting that many genetic variants implicated in obesity are not involved in storing and using fat, but are affecting our behaviour. 17/12/08
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Investigators from King's College London and international colleagues have identified two genetic variants that, when present together, increase the risk of baldness seven fold. 14/10/08
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Scientists are beginning to develop a clearer picture of what makes people stand head and shoulders above the rest. 07/04/08
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Researchers studying Y chromosomes uncover the genetic impact of historical migrations into Lebanon. 27/03/08
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Research partly funded by the Wellcome Trust has identified the first gene shown to influence directly a person's height. 02/09/07
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The strange case of semi-identical twins. 09/08/07
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People with two copies of a particular gene variant have a 70 per cent higher risk of being obese that those with no copies. 13/04/07
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Individual differences in the PERIOD3 clock gene predict decline of performance during sleeo deprivation. 08/03/07
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Five thousand years ago, Europeans did not have the gene that controls our ability to digest milk. 26/02/07
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Research has identified the first genetic evidence of Africans having lived among 'indigenous' British people for centuries. 24/01/07
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Convergent evolution in human populations is revealed by the recent discovery in East Africa of new variants of the lactase gene. 20/01/07
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Research has revealed that the spread of Islam in southern India was down more to culture than to genes. 01/12/06
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The DRD4 dopamine receptor is turning up in a range of human behaviours, from novelty-seeking to sexual drive. 09/10/06
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A receptor gene's variation suggests an evolutionary excuse for our dislike of some vegetables. 18/09/06
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Is dancing ability down to your genes? 09/06/06
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By recovering sequencing-intact DNA from an especially ancient Neandertal specimen, researchers have found evidence suggesting that the genetic diversity among Neandertals was higher than previously thought. 07/06/06
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How humans and chimpanzees gained the ability to taste a bitter synthetic compound called PTC. 13/04/06
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The caspase-12 gene may have been inactivated in the human population because the active gene can lead to poorer response to bacterial infection. 09/03/06
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An unusually frequent lineage of Y chromosomes in northern China and Mongolia has been linked to the Manchu conquest of China and the Qing dynasty. 12/01/06
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With help from a common aquarium pet - the zebrafish - and the HapMap online database of human genetic variation, researchers have found an important human skin colour gene. 15/12/05
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A gene thought to influence perception and susceptibility to drug dependence is expressed more readily in humans than in other primates, a difference that may coincide with the evolution of our species. 15/11/05
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People have red hair because they possess a variant melanocortin-1 receptor gene. This also affects their sensitivity to pain and pain relief. 05/08/05
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Mitochondrial DNA from nine Taiwanese tribes reveals a genetic link between aboriginal Taiwanese and Polynesian populations, to the exclusion of mainland Asians. 05/07/05
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Why are some people shy while others are outgoing? Variations in human DNA may hold the key. 09/06/05
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Study finds that the human inhabitants of Madagascar are genetically unique. 04/05/05
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Did northeast Asian populations eat well 30 000 years ago? 21/04/04
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Some genes for the nose's odour-detecting receptors found to be 'optional'. 20/08/03
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Students with particular genetic variant consume more alcohol. 18/08/03
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Genetic differences may be related to attitudes to health or susceptibility to addiction. 17/06/03
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Research from Denmark shows that a father's genes can increase the risk of a lengthy pregnancy by 30 per cent. 05/05/03
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Study indicates that heredity is a primary cause of short-sightedness. 25/02/03
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A new study examines a genetic variant of serotonin transporter and the brain's response to 'fearful stimuli'. 19/07/02
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