Crucial role of our 'junk DNA' is revealed as whole human genome is finally decoded - The Telegraph

After 20 years, scientists discover that the 'unimportant' eight per cent of genetic material holds vital clues to risk of disease

We now know that many diseases are linked to structural repeats in the centromere, and now that these sequences are no longer missing from the human reference genome we can begin to map the origins o… [+1769 chars]

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