Dark matter between genes is not widespread
Friday, July 23, 2010 - 06:14
in Biology & Nature
The activity of supposed 'dark matter' between the genes seems to be mostly noise from the genes themselves. NWO researcher Harm van Bakel researched RNA transcripts - particles of copied DNA - the function of which has been a mystery until now. He reached the conclusion that we need not assign any unexplained biological function to them. The results of his research were published by the open access journal PLoS BIOLOGY...