Variation in Junk DNA Leads to Trouble
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 14:11
in Biology & Nature
All humans are 99.9 percent identical, genetically speaking. But that tiny 0.1 percent variation has big consequences, influencing the color of your eyes, the span of your hips, your risk of getting sick and in some ways even your earning potential. Although variants are scattered throughout the genome, scientists have largely ignored the stretches of […]