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Genetics research sheds light on 'dark' portion of genome:A study published in Genome Research identifies new portions of the fruit fly genome that, until now, have been hidden in these dark, silent areas.
The "dark" portion refers to the approximate 98% of the genome that doesn't appear to have any obvious function.
"Now that the cost of whole genome sequencing has gone down considerably, and we have the capability of sequencing whole genomes rapidly, we can look at elements of the genome that have traditionally been considered unimportant, and we can identify among them potential disease-causing elements that have never been seen before".
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