Bioinformaticians examine new genes the moment they are born
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 06:51
in Biology & Nature
Accumulating evidence suggests that new genes can arise spontaneously from previously non-coding DNA instead of through the gradual mutation of established genes. Bioinformaticians at the University of Münster (Germany) are now, for the first time, studying the earliest stages in the emergence of these "genes out of thin air," also known as de novo genes.