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May 16, 2020

Lizard genome sequence solves a human genetic mystery

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

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320 million years ago, mammals and reptiles reached an evolutionary parting of the ways. We’ve now sequenced a lizard genome for the first time ever, and it’s vastly different from our own…but in a few crucial ways, it’s shockingly similar.

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