未被发现的基因组:废弃物中的瑰宝

正当科学家们认为他们几乎已经完全了解DNA之际,他们却在染色体中发现了两个庞大但很大程度上仍处于隐藏状态的信息层,这两层信息会影响遗传、发育和疾病

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W. Wayt Gibbs is a contributing editor for 大众科学 based in Seattle. He also works as a scientific editor at Intellectual Ventures.

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大众科学 Magazine Vol 289 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “The Unseen Genome: Gems among the Junk” in 大众科学 Magazine Vol. 289 No. 5 ()
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican112003-4BZuKIANSpkXCr6MoQztgh
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