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Stories about: genetic mutations

Progressive Hearing Loss Cause Discovered A newly-identified mutation in the genomes of test mice could hold the key to a better understanding of progressive hearing loss, a human condition that is characterized by the loss of the auditory sensation in people exposed to single, very loud events or to constant powerful noises. The mutation, appropriately dubb... 31 October 2008 08:00 GMT Further Evolution May Be Impossible for Man Millions of years of evolution have brought the human race to the stage we are all living in today. Many distinct facial and bodily features differentiate us from our ancestors, whose fossils we uncovered over the years at various sites throughout the globe. Because of these differences, people thought for some time ... 7 October 2008 03:59 GMT