Tag: repetitive elements
Former “Junk DNA,” STRs Found to Be “Rheostats” that “Precisely Regulate Gene Expression”
Rheostats are “often used as power control devices, for example to control light intensity (dimmer), speed of motors, heaters, and ovens.”
More Jobs for “Junk” DNA (Cont.)
If “junk” DNA goes toxic, does that suggest it had an original normal function? See the conclusion of this new paper.
Researchers: What’s Evolutionary Debris to You Is Unexplored Territory to Us
From a new, open-access article, “Implications of the first complete human genome assembly.”