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In the evolution of walking, the hip bone connected to the rib bones

A new reconstruction of the 375-million-year-old fossil fish Tiktaalik -- a close relative of limbed vertebrates -- used micro-CT to reveal bones still embedded in matrix. The reconstruction shows that the fish's ribs likely attached to its pelvis, an innovation thought to be crucial to supporting the body and for the eventual evolution of walking.

First tandem repeat expansions genetic reference maps

A research team has built a genetic reference maps for short lengths of DNA repeated multiple times which are known to cause more than 50 lethal human diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease and multiple cancers.

Anaesthetist jailed for stealing drugs for chemsex

Jonathon Dean arriving at an earlier hearing

Jonathon Dean stole drugs to inject a woman "for high risk sexual kicks", a court heard.

A deep dive into the genetics of alcohol consumption

Some people have genes that protect them from alcohol abuse. An examination of databases at 23andMe reveal that those same alcohol-protective variants have associations with conditions and behaviors that may have nothing to do with alcohol.

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In the evolution of walking, the hip bone connected to the rib bones

First tandem repeat expansions genetic reference maps

Anaesthetist jailed for stealing drugs for chemsex

A deep dive into the genetics of alcohol consumption

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