genomes
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‘Genomic Fingerprinting’ Helps Us Trace Coronavirus Outbreaks, But How Does it Work?
If you had told me in January that “genomics” would become a buzzword in 2020, I’d have thought you were crazy. But the COVID-19 pandemic has brought medical science to the top of our nightly news bulletins. And now, it seems, everyone is talking about genomics. During Australia’s first wave of COVID-19, genomic sequencing of…
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Your DNA Can Teach Us About Ancient History
For thousands of years, history has been recorded piecemeal, in books, artifacts, buildings and legends. But in the age of molecular biology, a new archive is helping to fill in the gaps: your genetic code.