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2007-06-22 | permalink
Study shines new light on genome
Scientists have been forced to rethink how the human genome turns a single cell into a complex living being following the most intensive study of our genetic code ever undertaken. The research reveals that genes make up only a tiny fraction of the role played by the 3bn letters that constitute the entirety of the human genome. Large swaths of the genome, previously dismissed as ”junk DNA” because it was thought to serve no practical purpose, have been found to be highly active inside the cells in our bodies. Other sequences of genetic code are thought to be ”on standby”, awaiting a time further down the evolutionary path when they will be beneficial to human beings.
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2007-06-22 | permalink
Study shines new light on genome
Scientists have been forced to rethink how the human genome turns a single cell into a complex living being following the most intensive study of our genetic code ever undertaken. The research reveals that genes make up only a tiny fraction of the role played by the 3bn letters that constitute the entirety of the human genome. Large swaths of the genome, previously dismissed as ”junk DNA” because it was thought to serve no practical purpose, have been found to be highly active inside the cells in our bodies. Other sequences of genetic code are thought to be ”on standby”, awaiting a time further down the evolutionary path when they will be beneficial to human beings.
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