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“Nothing in Biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.”



We are a group of four Genetics students at the University of Manchester.



Conrad Fallon
With great power comes great responsibility - Uncle Ben.

Lauren Goodfellow
None but those that have experienced them can understand the enticements of science - Mary Shelley.
They said the North was cold. I understood but did not comprehend.
Alice de Sampaio Kalkuhl
If you came to this blog expecting the ranting of uneducated people trying to write about something they have no idea of, we will have to disappoint you. We do put a lot of thought into what we write.
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