Genetics Unzipped: Genes, junk and the ‘dark genome’
Posted by Kat Arney, on 14 December 2023
“We knew back in the late 1960s that half the human genome was repetitive DNA. And so, where did this myth arise that those scientists were incredibly stupid? I mean, these guys, Jacob and Monod, they got a Nobel Prize!”
Prof. Larry Moran, author of What’s in Your Genome? Why 90% of your genome is junk
In the latest episode of the Genetics Unzipped podcast, we discover how 500,000 whole genomes will help medical research, plumb the depths of the ‘dark genome’, and ponder how much of our DNA is just junk.
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