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Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a system that mimics natural selection inside living mammalian cells ...

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A Trunk’s Life Story The discovery also ties into the bigger picture of elephant evolution. Asian and African elephants have long been known to differ in the structure of their trunks, but this ...