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Unlocking Beethoven’s DNA with locks of hair

A team of researchers from University of Cambridge — led by doctoral student Tristan Begg[1] — recently used five strands of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair to sequence the musician’s genome. Although ancient DNA studies...

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June 4, 2018

Modern Genomics, Ancient DNA

Frances Osis explores how traces of ancient DNA can tell us about diseases in the past.

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