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Best-ever map of the human genome sheds light on 'jumping genes,' 'junk DNA' and more
Across two new papers published Wednesday (July 23) in the journal Nature, scientists sequenced the DNA of 1,084 people ...
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Researchers Identify Vital New Role for 'Junk' DNA
Not only can transposable elements be useful, but new evidence shows they may have been powerfully linked to primate evolution.
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Finding Human Brain Genes in Duplicated DNA
What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and provides a road map to discover many more. The research could lead ...