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Murder victim discovered to have two sets of DNA due to rare condition

A woman's body has been found to consist of varying proportions of male and female cells because of an extremely rare form of chimerism

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Common IVF test misses some genetic abnormalities in embryos

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Humans

Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch

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An orchid uses a finger-like appendage to pollinate itself

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An orchid uses a finger-like appendage to pollinate itself

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Charles Darwin’s frogs turn mating upside down

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Father's gut microbiome may affect infant health

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Life

Alpacas are the only mammals known to directly inseminate the uterus

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Are panda sex lives being sabotaged by the wrong gut microbes?

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Weird anglerfish mating strategy may have helped them evolve

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Tiny marsupials sacrifice sleep for sex during the breeding season

Antechinus males only live for one breeding season, so they give up 3 hours of sleep a night during this short period before dying of exhaustion

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Having children earlier in life is genetically linked to dying younger

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Bat uses its huge penis like an arm during sex

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Space

Mouse embryos have been grown in space for the first time

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Life

Most mammals go through the menopause - if they live long enough

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