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Geneticists have identified that living carriers of the gene in Mid Ulster shared a common ancestor who lived about 2,500 years ago.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2023

Geneticists have worked for years to develop similar traits in the lab, but it was smallholder farmers who had cultivated and preserved that corn for centuries.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2023

Geneticists have tried for 20 years to extract human DNA from Stone Age tools, ornaments, and other artifacts.

From Science Magazine • May 3, 2023

Geneticists have reconstructed entire genomes of Neanderthals as well as their eastern cousins, the Denisovans.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022

Geneticists use these Punnett squares to determine inheritance, recessive and dominant genes, probabilities and chance.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio