KurzweilAI.net May 20, 2009
Researchers from Princeton
University and Indiana University
have found that "junk" DNA may
actually perform essential
functions. Genes called transposons
in the single-celled pond-dwelling
organism Oxytricha produce cell
proteins known as transposases,
which influence hundreds of
thousands of DNA pieces to regroup.
Organisms with these genes...
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