Your Face Is Made Of Junk DNA!
You’ve heard of junk DNA… well turns out it’s not ‘junk’ after all! As Anthony explains, that DNA is actually what gave you that pretty little face of yours
You’ve heard of junk DNA… well turns out it’s not ‘junk’ after all! As Anthony explains, that DNA is actually what gave you that pretty little face of yours.
Read More:
Face-Shape Secrets May Lie in ‘Junk’ DNA
http://www.livescience.com/40694-junk-dna-shapes-faces.html
“Face shape is largely determined by genetics, yet no two faces are entirely alike.”
Identification of an infectious progenitor for the multiple-copy HERV-K human endogenous retroelements
http://genome.cshlp.org/content/early/2006/10/31/gr.5565706.abstract
“Human Endogenous Retroviruses are expected to be the remnants of ancestral infections of primates by active retroviruses that have thereafter been transmitted in a Mendelian fashion.”
Mobile Elements: Drivers of Genome Evolution
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/303/5664/1626.abstract
“Mobile elements within genomes have driven genome evolution in diverse ways.”
Retroelements and the human genome: New perspectives on an old relation
http://www.pnas.org/content/101/suppl_2/14572.full.pdf
“Retroelements constitute a large portion of our genomes.”
Researchers Discover That Sheep Need Retroviruses For Reproduction
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/09/060911233630.htm
“A team of scientists from Texas A&M University and The University of Glasgow Veterinary School in Scotland has discovered that naturally occurring endogenous retroviruses are required for pregnancy in sheep.”
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Geese With Low Self Esteem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hbA5jeBr-U&feature=youtu.be
TestTube Wild Card:
http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-341-smart-guitar-makes-anyone-a-musician?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=DNews&utm_campaign=DNWC
Your DNA Is a Hard Drive:
http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-101-dna-data-storage-your-genetic-material-i
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