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Tubering and non-tubering species of the potato plant. Credit: Yuxin Jia and Fei Wang.

From tomato to potato: The ancient genetic hybrid that created the potato 9 million years ago

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Researchers have finally discovered the ancient secret behind the origins of the potato – and it involves a surprising genetic hybridization.
Figure 1: An olive tree with a showy appearance growing in the wild in Atlit. Photo: Elad Ben Dor

To the origins of the olive; the journey to identify the wild olive population in the Kurkar Ridge in Atlit

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Prof. Boaz Barak and PhD student Inbar Fisher from the Segol School of Neuroscience and the School of Psychological Sciences at Tel Aviv University. Photo credit: Shahar Shahar, spokeswoman for Tel Aviv University

A new discovery from Tel Aviv University reveals brain mechanisms involved in genetic autism

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The researchers revealed vulnerabilities in the brain support system. The research offers hope for new gene therapies to improve brain cell function
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A new study has discovered three main genetic groups in Japan and not two as previously thought

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A new study analyzed whole-genome sequencing data from 3256 people across Japan, using the Japan Biobank database. The division is: a group in Okinawa, related to an ancient population living in Japan, mud in northeastern Japan, possibly related

Who will win the Nobel Prize in Physics this year? All predictions

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The Nobel Prizes are announced at the beginning of October every year, and about a month before that rumors, predictions and speculations are spread about the identity of the candidates and the chances of winning. In recent years, using innovative data analysis tools, forecasting experts
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The silent competition within us: How our organs choose between mom's and dad's genes

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Research conducted by the MRC Medical Sciences Laboratory reveals that cells in different organs selectively express maternal or paternal X chromosomes. This variability, which has been shown in both human data and
Woolly rhinos were once common throughout northern and central Eurasia, before becoming extinct about 10,000 years ago. Credit: Mauricio Anton.

The woolly mammoths' last bastion: Secrets of survival and mysterious extinction on Wrangel Island

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The story of the mammoths of Wrangel Island that survived 6,000 years after the mammoths in the rest of the world became extinct
Cut in a fetal body. Courtesy of the researchers

How - and where - does a disease begin?

Researchers discovered which genes are required for each stage of cell differentiation into neural stem cells and neurons, i.e. for brain development, and which of them are involved in diseases of the nervous system
Reconstruction of a Neanderthal family in the Neanderthal Museum in Croatia. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The encounter between Neanderthals and modern man as told by their genomes

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One of the sons of the Nama. Photo from Wikipedia

New DNA research changes the origins of the human race

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A new model of human evolution suggests that Homo sapiens arose from many closely related populations rather than from a single group
The human genome represents a collection of genetic sequences from a diverse group of people. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The first human "pangenome" is designed to catalog genetic diversity

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Scientists have published draft results from a comprehensive research effort underway to capture all human genetic variation
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Age slowly, live longer

A study in C. elegans worms found that a type of small RNA molecule is essential for slowing the rate of aging and prolonging the lives of animals with a damaged reproductive system
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