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Scientists genetically engineer wolves with white hair, muscular jaws like extinct dire wolf

Scientists genetically engineer wolves with white hair, muscular jaws like extinct dire wolf

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Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the U.S., according to the company that aims to bring back lost species. The wolf pups, which range in age from three to six months old, have long white hair, muscular jaws and already […]

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Digging Deep: Multiple comparisons exist between modern and ancient human genomes, reveals study

Digging Deep: Multiple comparisons exist between modern and ancient human genomes, reveals study

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Ancient DNA (aDNA) from fossil remains continues to shed light on how neuropsychiatric disorders prevalent in modern-day human populations may have originated when modern humans split from neanderthals approximately 500 kya. Writing  in Neuropsychopharmacology, Michael Gregory and Karen Berman from the National Institutes of Health bring together multiple comparisons between modern and ancient human genomes […]

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