Jumping genes, gene loss and genome dark matter
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 14:14
in Biology & Nature
In research published today by Nature, an international team describes the finest map of changes to the structure of human genomes and a resource they have developed for researchers worldwide to look at the role of these changes in human disease. They also identify 75 'jumping genes' - regions of our genome that can be found in more than one location in some individuals.