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A lesson from WWII planes reveals how to spot what really matters. Applied to genetics, it shows which parts of our genome were critical to evolution. 🧬 Watch the 2018 Christmas Lectures with Aoife McLysaght and Alice Roberts: rigb.org/explore-science/explore/video/who-am-i-where-do-i-come-2018
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