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These reproductive traits include age at menopause, which is when a woman\u2019s periods cease, levels of hormones and other related measures, for example, menstrual cycle length. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professor Anna Murray describes the group&#8217;s research:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\"  title=\"Dr Anna Murray - genetics and reproductive ageing\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LEjxDxPLbW4?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our genome is the DNA code in our cells and it contains millions of places where there are differences &#8211; where some people have one version of the DNA code but other people have another version. 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