genetic

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He has a rare genetic disorder called Townes-Brocks syndrome, which caused him to be born with severe hearing loss.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

These genetic features act like evolutionary accelerators, preserving useful traits and speeding up change.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

The oil giant paid the smaller company $320 million over a decade to tinker with the genetic makeup of algae to try to distill enough oil to make the venture technically viable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

“But thanks to investigative genetic genealogy, we were able to resolve this mystery and provide some answers to everyone involved in this case.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

By October 1940, they began to sift through the concentrated bacterial detritus, painstakingly separating each chemical component, and testing each fraction for its capacity to transmit genetic information.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee