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[ad_1] Researchers have found that North Atlantic water has "dramatically weakened". The study shows that levels are at their lowest for 1,500 years – and that climate change is to blame. Researchers …
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[ad_1] A piece of high school genetics, used for many types of genetic testing, presents exceptions. Although mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is normally received from the mother, three families have been identified and …
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