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Parents 'pass on fewer mutations'

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More is being discovered about the mutations we receive from our parents. Our science correspondent Tom Feilden looks at the latest findings, and Dr Matt Hurles, human geneticist at the Wellcome Trust's Sanger Institute, examines the differences between mothers' and fathers' genes.


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