Dread of red-head gene adds years to appearances and other top stories.

• Dread of red-head gene adds years to appearances

  

  Tim Minchin, proud ginger Photo: Adam Fulton Why do people sometimes appear to be younger than others of the same age? The culprit turns out to be an innocent-sounding gene, MC1R, responsible for producing, among other things, locks of fetching red hair as well as pale skin, researchers have discovered.Variations in this gene account for differences in how old people are perceived to be, the international research team reports in the journal Current Biology,..

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• Qld research paves way for IVF advancement

  The discovery of two genes that increase a woman's chances of having non-identical twins could help develop better IVF treatments, researchers say.Queensland University of Technology scientists have found women with two genetic variants are 29 per cent more likely to have dizygotic or non-identical twins.The first variant is close to the gene that causes women to generate more eggs per cycle.The second is linked to the gene found to make women more sensitive to hormones released along with an eg..

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