The Life Sciences Quarterly · No. 12

Helix

Genetics, heredity & the engineered cell

The gene we agreed not to edit

Inside the ten-year moratorium on germline changes — and the lab quietly preparing for the day it ends.

By Amara Osei · p. 22

Wheat, rebuilt

A drought genome in 40 loci

The proofreaders

Enzymes that fix our typos

Family trees, revised

Ancient DNA's new branches