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So-called junk DNA plays critical role in mammalian development – EurekAlert

Despite the prevalent view that some 98% of our genome is junk DNA, new research at UC Berkeley and Washington University shows…

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image: Viral elements called transposons have invaded mammalian genomes for millions of years and currently make up nearly half the DNA in the genomes of all living mammals. The image depicts species-specific transposon integrations as unique events in…

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