Rhythmic Genomics - The Yeast Metronome And The Walk Of Life In Nature's Oldest Clock

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 09:43 in Biology & Nature

New genome sequence information from the humble baker's yeast has revealed surprising variation in a set of genes that can be thought of as nature's oldest clock. In a paper published in Genome Research scientists show how ribosomal RNA genes that are essential to all Earth's organisms provide insight into how genomes maintain their integrity on their evolutionary journey. read more

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