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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes

by Adam Rutherford ...

Narrated by Adam Rutherford ...

Unabridged

12 hours 13 min

A National Geographic Best Book of the YearIn our unique genomes, every one of us carries the story of our species—births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration, and a lot of sex. But those stories have always been locked away—until now. Who are our ancestors? Where did they come from? Geneticists have suddenly become historians, and the hard evidence in our DNA has completely upended what we ... Read more

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A National Geographic Best Book of the YearIn our unique genomes, every one of us carries the story of our species—births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration, and a lot of sex. But those stories have always been locked away—until now. Who are our ancestors? Where did they come from? Geneticists have suddenly become historians, and the hard evidence in our DNA has completely upended what we
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Genome

The Autobiography of a Species In 23 Chapters

by Matt Ridley ...

Narrated by Simon Prebble ...

Unabridged

12 hours 20 min

“Ridley leaps from chromosome to chromosome in a handy summation of our ever increasing understanding of the roles that genes play in disease, behavior, sexual differences, and even intelligence. . . . . He addresses not only the ethical quandaries faced by contemporary scientists but the reductionist danger in equating inheritability with inevitability.” — The New YorkerThe genome's been mapped. ... Read more

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“Ridley leaps from chromosome to chromosome in a handy summation of our ever increasing understanding of the roles that genes play in disease, behavior, sexual differences, and even intelligence. . . . . He addresses not only the ethical quandaries faced by contemporary scientists but the reductionist danger in equating inheritability with inevitability.” — The New YorkerThe genome's been mapped.
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Origin

A Genetic History of the Americas

by Jennifer Raff ...

Narrated by Jennifer Raff, Tanis Parenteau, Yvonne Russo ...

Unabridged

9 hours 12 min

From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how humans migrated to the Americas.ORIGIN is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete genomes. ORIGIN provides an overview of these new histories ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how humans migrated to the Americas.ORIGIN is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete genomes. ORIGIN provides an overview of these new histories
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The Book of Humans

A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War, and the Evolution of Us

by Adam Rutherford ...

Narrated by Adam Rutherford ...

Unabridged

5 hours 48 min

The bestselling author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived investigates what it means to be human—and animalEvolutionary theory has long established that humans are animals: Modern Homo sapiens are primates who share an ancestor with monkeys and other great apes. Our genome is 98 percent identical to a chimpanzee's. And yet we think of ourselves as exceptional. Are we?In this original ... Read more

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The bestselling author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived investigates what it means to be human—and animalEvolutionary theory has long established that humans are animals: Modern Homo sapiens are primates who share an ancestor with monkeys and other great apes. Our genome is 98 percent identical to a chimpanzee's. And yet we think of ourselves as exceptional. Are we?In this original
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The Psychopath Inside

A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain

by James Fallon ...

Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

Unabridged

4 hours 58 min

The memoir of a neuroscientist whose research led him to a bizarre personal discoveryJames Fallon had spent an entire career studying how our brains affect our behavior when his research suddenly turned personal. While studying brain scans of several family members, he discovered that one perfectly matched a pattern he’d found in the brains of serial killers. This meant one of two things: Either ... Read more

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The memoir of a neuroscientist whose research led him to a bizarre personal discoveryJames Fallon had spent an entire career studying how our brains affect our behavior when his research suddenly turned personal. While studying brain scans of several family members, he discovered that one perfectly matched a pattern he’d found in the brains of serial killers. This meant one of two things: Either
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The Seven Daughters of Eve

The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

by Bryan Sykes ...

Narrated by Michael Page ...

Unabridged

9 hours 5 min

One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix—a work whose scientific and cultural reverberations will be discussed for years to come. In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of both the Ice Man's discovery ... Read more

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One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix—a work whose scientific and cultural reverberations will be discussed for years to come. In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of both the Ice Man's discovery
... Read more
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The Forever Witness

How DNA and Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder

by Edward Humes ...

Narrated by Edward Humes ...

Unabridged

10 hours 26 min

“Thought-provoking true-crime thriller…the book raises urgent questions of balancing public and private good that we’ll likely be dealing with as long as the title implies.”—Wall Street JournalA relentless detective and a civilian genealogist solve a haunting cold case—and launch a crime-fighting revolution that tests the fragile line between justice and privacy.In November 1987, a young couple ... Read more

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“Thought-provoking true-crime thriller…the book raises urgent questions of balancing public and private good that we’ll likely be dealing with as long as the title implies.”—Wall Street JournalA relentless detective and a civilian genealogist solve a haunting cold case—and launch a crime-fighting revolution that tests the fragile line between justice and privacy.In November 1987, a young couple
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The Violinist's Thumb

And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code

by Sam Kean ...

Narrated by Henry Leyva ...

Unabridged

12 hours 35 min

From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, language, and music, as told by our own DNA.In The Disappearing Spoon, bestselling author Sam Kean unlocked the mysteries of the periodic table. In The Violinist's Thumb, he explores the wonders of the magical building block of life: DNA.There are genes to explain crazy cat ladies, why other people have ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, language, and music, as told by our own DNA.In The Disappearing Spoon, bestselling author Sam Kean unlocked the mysteries of the periodic table. In The Violinist's Thumb, he explores the wonders of the magical building block of life: DNA.There are genes to explain crazy cat ladies, why other people have
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The Third Chimpanzee

The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal

by Jared Diamond ...

Narrated by Rob Shapiro ...

Unabridged

15 hours 33 min

The Development of an Extraordinary SpeciesWe human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees. Yet humans are the dominant species on the planet -- having founded civilizations and religions, developed intricate and diverse forms of communication, learned science, built cities, and created breathtaking works of art -- while chimps remain animals concerned primarily with the basic ... Read more

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The Development of an Extraordinary SpeciesWe human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees. Yet humans are the dominant species on the planet -- having founded civilizations and religions, developed intricate and diverse forms of communication, learned science, built cities, and created breathtaking works of art -- while chimps remain animals concerned primarily with the basic
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Life as We Made It

How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined—and Redefined—Nature

by Beth Shapiro ...

Narrated by Beth Shapiro ...

Unabridged

9 hours 40 min

From the first dog to the first beefalo, from farming to CRISPR, the human history of remaking natureWhen the 2020 Nobel Prize was awarded to the inventors of CRISPR, the revolutionary gene-editing tool, it underlined our amazing and apparently novel powers to alter nature. But as biologist Beth Shapiro argues in Life as We Made It, this phenomenon isn’t new. Humans have been reshaping the world ... Read more

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From the first dog to the first beefalo, from farming to CRISPR, the human history of remaking natureWhen the 2020 Nobel Prize was awarded to the inventors of CRISPR, the revolutionary gene-editing tool, it underlined our amazing and apparently novel powers to alter nature. But as biologist Beth Shapiro argues in Life as We Made It, this phenomenon isn’t new. Humans have been reshaping the world
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Beyond Inheritance

Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health

by Roxanne Khamsi ...

Narrated by Roxanne Khamsi ...

Unabridged

8 hours 39 min

**“Constantly fascinating and impeccably reported...You won’t look at yourself in the same way again.” —Ed Yong, bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain MultitudesA captivating exploration of the remarkable ways our DNA mutates over the course of our lives, with radical implications for the future of medicine**Our DNA is the indispensable set of instructions that guides our growth and ... Read more

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**“Constantly fascinating and impeccably reported...You won’t look at yourself in the same way again.” —Ed Yong, bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain MultitudesA captivating exploration of the remarkable ways our DNA mutates over the course of our lives, with radical implications for the future of medicine**Our DNA is the indispensable set of instructions that guides our growth and
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Superconvergence

How the Genetics, Biotech, and AI Revolutions Will Transform our Lives, Work, and World

by Jamie Metzl ...

Narrated by Jamie Metzl, James Anderson Foster ...

Unabridged

15 hours 44 min

From a leading futurist and OneShared.World founder, a "brilliant" book that explores how artificial intelligence and other revolutionary technologies are transforming our lives–and our future (Sanjay Gupta).New technologies have the potential to improve our health, feed billions of people, supercharge our economies, store essential information for millions of years, and save our planet. But if we ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

From a leading futurist and OneShared.World founder, a "brilliant" book that explores how artificial intelligence and other revolutionary technologies are transforming our lives–and our future (Sanjay Gupta).New technologies have the potential to improve our health, feed billions of people, supercharge our economies, store essential information for millions of years, and save our planet. But if we
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History of Genetic Engineering

by Blake Carson ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook box set - History of
Unabridged

3 hours 21 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What if we could alter life itself? The history of genetic engineering is a groundbreaking journey into the science of DNA, evolution, and biotechnology. The discovery of DNA’s structure in 1953 opened the door to genetic manipulation, leading to advancements like cloning, gene therapy, and CRISPR technology. Today, genetic engineering is ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What if we could alter life itself? The history of genetic engineering is a groundbreaking journey into the science of DNA, evolution, and biotechnology. The discovery of DNA’s structure in 1953 opened the door to genetic manipulation, leading to advancements like cloning, gene therapy, and CRISPR technology. Today, genetic engineering is
... Read more
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The Tangled Tree

A Radical New History of Life

by David Quammen ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

13 hours 49 min

In this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award, “our greatest living chronicler of the natural world” (The New York Times), David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology, evolutionary biology, and genetics and genomics affect our understanding of evolution and life’s history.In the mid-1970s, scientists began using DNA sequencing to ... Read more

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In this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award, “our greatest living chronicler of the natural world” (The New York Times), David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology, evolutionary biology, and genetics and genomics affect our understanding of evolution and life’s history.In the mid-1970s, scientists began using DNA sequencing to
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Tyranny of the Gene

Personalized Medicine and Its Threat to Public Health

by James Tabery ...

Narrated by George Newbern ...

Unabridged

9 hours 4 min

A revelatory account of how power, politics, and greed have placed the unfulfilled promise of personalized medicine at the center of American medicineThe United States is embarking on a medical revolution. Supporters of personalized, or precision, medicine—the tailoring of health care to our genomes—have promised to usher in a new era of miracle cures. Advocates of this gene-guided health-care ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

A revelatory account of how power, politics, and greed have placed the unfulfilled promise of personalized medicine at the center of American medicineThe United States is embarking on a medical revolution. Supporters of personalized, or precision, medicine—the tailoring of health care to our genomes—have promised to usher in a new era of miracle cures. Advocates of this gene-guided health-care
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Genetic Wisdom: Stories That Shape Our Lives

"Transform your mindset with 'Genetic Wisdom.' Explore powerful tales that illuminate the essence of our shared experiences."

by Gideon Marwick ...

Narrated by Alan Winnigton ...

Unabridged

2 hours 17 min

Genetic Wisdom: Stories That Shape Our Lives⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide with Explanations Included ⭐⭐Are you eager to deepen your understanding of genetics and uncover the stories that shape our lives?Searching for a comprehensive resource that provides all the essential elements to explore your heritage, understand genetics, and transform your perspective?Your search ends here!</stron... ... Read more

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Genetic Wisdom: Stories That Shape Our Lives⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide with Explanations Included ⭐⭐Are you eager to deepen your understanding of genetics and uncover the stories that shape our lives?Searching for a comprehensive resource that provides all the essential elements to explore your heritage, understand genetics, and transform your perspective?Your search ends here!</stron...
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GK1: Ist der Mensch künstlich oder natürlich entstanden?

Gedankenspiele Kontext 1

by Leonard Löwe ...

Narrated by Leonard Löwe ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Gedankenspiele Kontext
Unabridged

3 hours 43 min

Welche Frage könnte für unser Selbstverständnis relevanter sein?Die Frage der Herkunft ist stets zentral für das Selbstbild. Das gilt für Familien nicht anders, als für die 'große Familie' der Menschheit als Spezies. Die Antwort zeigt nicht nur auf, was die Altforderen geleistet haben – und mithin wozu man selbst in der Lage sein sollte… Herkunft und Abstammung geben einem eine weitere Dimension ... Read more

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Welche Frage könnte für unser Selbstverständnis relevanter sein?Die Frage der Herkunft ist stets zentral für das Selbstbild. Das gilt für Familien nicht anders, als für die 'große Familie' der Menschheit als Spezies. Die Antwort zeigt nicht nur auf, was die Altforderen geleistet haben – und mithin wozu man selbst in der Lage sein sollte… Herkunft und Abstammung geben einem eine weitere Dimension
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Enough

Staying Human in an Engineered Age

by Bill McKibben ...

Narrated by Bill McKibben ...

Abridged

4 hours 52 min

From the bestselling author of The End of Nature comes a passionate plea to limit the technologies that could change the very definition of who we areWe are on the verge of crossing the line from born to made, from created to built. Sometime in the next few years, a scientist will reprogram a human egg or sperm cell, spawning a genetic change that could be passed down into eternity. We are ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of The End of Nature comes a passionate plea to limit the technologies that could change the very definition of who we areWe are on the verge of crossing the line from born to made, from created to built. Sometime in the next few years, a scientist will reprogram a human egg or sperm cell, spawning a genetic change that could be passed down into eternity. We are
... Read more
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The Mysterious World of the Human Genome

by Frank Ryan ...

Narrated by Matt Bates ...

Unabridged

10 hours 23 min

How could a relatively simple chemical code give rise to the complexity of a human being? How could our human genome have evolved? And how does it actually work?Over the past 50 years we have deciphered the inner workings of the human genome. From the basic structure of DNA through to the complete sequence of the code, what first appeared to be simple is actually a complex and beautiful three ... Read more

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How could a relatively simple chemical code give rise to the complexity of a human being? How could our human genome have evolved? And how does it actually work?Over the past 50 years we have deciphered the inner workings of the human genome. From the basic structure of DNA through to the complete sequence of the code, what first appeared to be simple is actually a complex and beautiful three
... Read more
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Think Tank

Forty Neuroscientists Explore the Biological Roots of Human Experience

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain, Jo Anna Perrin ...

Unabridged

8 hours 50 min

A spirited collection of essays by cutting-edge neuroscientists that irreverently explores the quirky and counter intuitive aspects of brain function.Neuroscientist David J. Linden approached leading brain researchers and asked each the same question: "What idea about brain function would you most like to explain to the world?" Their responses make up this one-of-a-kind collection of popular ... Read more

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A spirited collection of essays by cutting-edge neuroscientists that irreverently explores the quirky and counter intuitive aspects of brain function.Neuroscientist David J. Linden approached leading brain researchers and asked each the same question: "What idea about brain function would you most like to explain to the world?" Their responses make up this one-of-a-kind collection of popular
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Beasts Before Us

The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution

by Elsa Panciroli ...

Narrated by Ruth Urquhart ...

Unabridged

10 hours 38 min

For most of us, the story of mammal evolution starts after the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, but over the last twenty years scientists have uncovered new fossils and used new technologies that have upended this story.In Beasts Before Us, paleontologist Elsa Panciroli charts the emergence of the mammal lineage, Synapsida, beginning at their murky split from the reptiles in the ... Read more

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For most of us, the story of mammal evolution starts after the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, but over the last twenty years scientists have uncovered new fossils and used new technologies that have upended this story.In Beasts Before Us, paleontologist Elsa Panciroli charts the emergence of the mammal lineage, Synapsida, beginning at their murky split from the reptiles in the
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The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy

Second Edition

by Blaine T. Bettinger ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

8 hours 37 min

Unlock the family secrets in your DNA!Discover the answers to your family history mysteries using the most cutting edge tool available. This plain-English guide (newly updated and expanded to include the latest DNA developments) will teach you what DNA tests are available; the pros and cons of the major testing companies; and how to choose the right test to answer your specific genealogy questions ... Read more

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Unlock the family secrets in your DNA!Discover the answers to your family history mysteries using the most cutting edge tool available. This plain-English guide (newly updated and expanded to include the latest DNA developments) will teach you what DNA tests are available; the pros and cons of the major testing companies; and how to choose the right test to answer your specific genealogy questions
... Read more
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Genetics in the Madhouse

The Unknown History of Human Heredity

by Theodore M. Porter ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

14 hours 1 min

In the early 1800s, a century before there was any concept of the gene, physicians in insane asylums began to record causes of madness in their admission books. Almost from the beginning, they pointed to heredity as the most important of these causes. As doctors and state officials steadily lost faith in the capacity of asylum care to stem the terrible increase of insanity, they began emphasizing ... Read more

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In the early 1800s, a century before there was any concept of the gene, physicians in insane asylums began to record causes of madness in their admission books. Almost from the beginning, they pointed to heredity as the most important of these causes. As doctors and state officials steadily lost faith in the capacity of asylum care to stem the terrible increase of insanity, they began emphasizing
... Read more
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Генетические загадки. Как человечество выигрывает от разницы наших ДНК

by Кэтрин Пейдж Харден ...

Narrated by Нина Непалева ...

Unabridged

11 hours 2 min

Родиться с определенными генами — это лотерея. Чистое везение — или, наоборот, невезение. Гены — не в нашей власти, но они многое определяют: успешность обучения, здоровье и продолжительность жизни, даже доход. Когда-то наука генетики служила оправданию социального неравенства. Но что, если она — не враг справедливости, а необходимое орудие ее установления? Именно это и доказывает в своей книге ... Read more

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Родиться с определенными генами — это лотерея. Чистое везение — или, наоборот, невезение. Гены — не в нашей власти, но они многое определяют: успешность обучения, здоровье и продолжительность жизни, даже доход. Когда-то наука генетики служила оправданию социального неравенства. Но что, если она — не враг справедливости, а необходимое орудие ее установления? Именно это и доказывает в своей книге
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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

Genome

Origin

The Book of Humans

The Psychopath Inside

The Seven Daughters of Eve

The Forever Witness

The Violinist's Thumb

The Third Chimpanzee

Life as We Made It

Beyond Inheritance

Superconvergence

History of Genetic Engineering

The Tangled Tree

Tyranny of the Gene

Genetic Wisdom: Stories That Shape Our Lives

GK1: Ist der Mensch künstlich oder natürlich entstanden?

Enough

The Mysterious World of the Human Genome

Think Tank

Beasts Before Us

The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy

Genetics in the Madhouse

Генетические загадки. Как человечество выигрывает от разницы наших ДНК

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