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New Class of Genes Discovered

Posted by michael on from the put-your-new-genes-on dept.

HarryGenes writes "Reuters is reporting that Scientists Find New Type of Gene in Junk DNA. The research from Harvard Medical School describes a discovery in the Yeast Genome of a new class of gene that regulates the neighboring gene through the production of its RNA product. This has much broader implications than the article lets on to. Assuming these same type of genes exist in Humans and other organisms, the whole science behind gene expression and gene mapping will be changed dramatically. This type of mechanism can explain a lot of the 'unexplainable'. This is really exciting. I have been working in gene mapping for years and always felt that the 'junk' was there for a reason."

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  1. Mmm, sexy. by mopslik · · Score: 5, Funny

    Human females have a more pronounced season of going into and out of heat.
    Get an extra furrowed forehead... [and] large hairy ears

    Well, those two should help cancel each other out, no?