[ExI] Junk DNA is really a system of switches

Dave Sill sparge at gmail.com
Fri Sep 7 19:41:24 UTC 2012


On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 9:51 AM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

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> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/science/far-from-junk-dna-dark-matter-proves-crucial-to-health.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all


What exactly is the breakthrough here? "Junk" DNA has been known to be
involved with epigenetics for years. The article make it sound like they're
got it all mapped out, but that seems exceedingly unlikely.

-Dave
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