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Scientists studying the human genome, with the help of massively parallel arrays of supercomputers, are uncovering a world of information that is far more complex than anyone dreamed—and far more mysterious: Now - The Rest of the Genome. Over the summer, Sonja Prohaska decided to try an experiment. She ...
A fascinating discovery by scientists investigating the mammalian genome: Mysterious DNA Found to Survive Eons of Evolution. Scientists have discovered mystery snippets of mammal DNA that have survived eons of evolution and yet have no apparent purpose. The finding reveals just how much we don’t know about the secrets ...
David Brown has a good piece in the Washington Post’s Science section, on the remnants of extinct viruses discovered in the genome—the results of evolutionary warfare between viral invaders and human genes: In Our Genes, Old Fossils Take On New Roles. Over the past 15 years, scientists have been ...