Beyond DNA: 'Second genetic code' that turns genes on and off mapped

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 11:00 in Biology & Nature

Scientists for the first time have mapped out the molecular "switches" that can turn on or silence individual genes in the DNA in more than 100 types of human cells and are responsible for differences between identical twins.

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