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Despite Xenophobia, One Measure of Our Genetic Diversity Continues to Decline
- By Charlie Lunan | June 1, 2018
The apparent spike in xenophobia and tribalism that appears to be driving Brexit and a global backlash against liberal immigration policies comes amid a growing scientific consensus that humans have become more genetically alike than different over the last 50,000...
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Genetics in the human gastrointestinal tract: what we do know about our gut microbiota
- By Paduano Francesco | June 1, 2018
What are the gut microbiota and gut microbiome? The human gastrointestinal tract (gut) is populated by an enormously heterogeneous and different group of microorganisms (up of trillions of cells and over 1000 species) including bacteria, viruses, protozoans, and fungi. Therefore,...
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