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ENCODE map changes view of the human genome landscape
06-13-2007 · EurekAlert!The June issue of Genome Research is devoted to the ENCODE (ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements) Project, whose goal is to characterize all functional elements in the human genome.
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- The wider view from a detailed focus
06-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
A major study of the organization and regulation of the human genome published today changes our concept of how our genome works. The exhaustive analysis of 1 percent of the genome gives an extensive view of genetic activity alongside the cellular machinery that allows DNA to be read and replicated. The complex tapestry of interwoven elements revealed today suggests that "our perspective of transcription and genes may have to evolve," the researchers state.
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- Individual differences caused by shuffled chunks of DNA in the human genome
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06-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
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- Duke scientists map imprinted genes in human genome
11-30-2007 · EurekAlert!
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- Study charts genomic landscape of lung cancer
11-07-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
An international team of scientists has produced the most comprehensive view yet of the abnormal genetic landscape of lung cancer. The research reveals more than 50 genomic regions that are frequently gained or lost in human lung tumors.
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- Genome study places modern humans in the evolutionary fast lane
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Countering a common theory that human evolution has slowed to a crawl or even stopped in modern humans, a new study examining data from an international genomics project describes the past 40,000 years as a time of supercharged evolutionary change, driven by exponential population growth and cultural shifts.
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- One man's junk may be a genomic treasure
07-12-2007 · EurekAlert!
Scientists have only recently begun to speculate that what’s referred to as "junk" DNA -- the 96 percent of the human genome that doesn't encode for proteins and previously seemed to have no useful purpose -- is present in the genome for an important reason. But it wasn't clear what the reason was. Now, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered one important function of so-called junk DNA.
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- New technology used to construct the first map of structural variation in the human genome
11-22-2006 · EurekAlert!
Scientists have developed powerful new experimental and algorithmic methods to detect copy number variants (CNVs) -- defined as large deletions and duplications of DNA segments. These technologies -- reported today in the journal Genome Research -- were used to create the first comprehensive map of CNVs in the human genome.
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