Thursday, April 20, 2017

Plant genes may lack off switch, but have volume control

04/20/2017 02:36 PM EDT

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Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered that DNA sequences thought to be essential for gene activity can be expendable. Sequences once called junk sometimes call the shots instead. 


Full story at http://blogs.ucdavis.edu/egghead/2017/04/14/plant-genes-may-lack-off-switch-volume-control/

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University of California, Davis


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