Study reveals major genetic differences between blood and tissue cells
Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 00:28
in Biology & Nature
Research by a group of Montreal scientists calls into question one of the most basic assumptions of human genetics: that when it comes to DNA, every cell in the body is essentially identical to every other cell. Their results appear in the July issue of the journal Human Mutation...
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