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Hidden DNA weak spot near gene start mutates rapidly

These sequences are extremely prone to mutations and rank among the most functionally important regions in the entire human ...
These genes are part of the non-coding genome, which makes up about 98% of our DNA and was long dismissed as “junk.” This new ...
What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too ...
Large-scale human genetics studies have shown that many risk variants for common and complex diseases sit in the non-coding ...