The dark matter of the genome

Authors

  • Enrique Viguera Mínguez Spain
  • Ana Grande Pérez Spain

Keywords:

dark matter, genome, protein, junk DNA

Abstract

The extended view of the genome of organisms as if they were exclusively carriers of genes that contain information to synthesize a protein has been shown to be overly simplistic. The information that numerous media published after the sequencing of the human genome, predicted that as soon as we knew the function of all the “classic” genes we would know the secrets of the genome. This assertion immediately led to the popularization of the term junk DNA.

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Published

2011-02-20

How to Cite

Viguera Mínguez, E., & Grande Pérez , A. (2011). The dark matter of the genome. Encuentros En La Biología, 4(132), 8–10. Retrieved from https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/enbio/article/view/18481