New UM School of Medicine study finds more variation in human genome than expected

Friday, June 25, 2010 - 05:14 in Biology & Nature

Scientists are finding more variation in the human genome than they had previously expected, now that new technologies are allowing researchers a closer look at the genomes of many individuals, according to a new study from University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers. The study, to be published in the June 25 issue of the journal Cell, is one of the first to take an in-depth look at transposons, known as 'jumping genes.'...

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