linkedin post 2016-09-20 06:12:35
SUCCESS STRATEGY #4: "Medea elements that eliminate competing siblings who do not inherit them." https://lnkd.in/ewXxsGD View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2016-09-22 05:11:58
REGULATORY TOLERANCES. "It was already known that there are sequences outside of genes that are well-conserved between the human and mouse genomes. Untranslated regulatory sequences need to be conserved, for example. But regulatory sequences have more error tolerance than genes, not less." https://lnkd.in/eFvUyrd View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2016-09-20 06:11:45
SUCCESS STRATEGY #3: "transposons that insert copies of themselves elsewhere in the genome." https://lnkd.in/ewXxsGD View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2016-09-22 05:10:06
"CONSERVED SEQUENCES in nature are maintained despite evolution, presumably because of a critical function that they may serve to the organism." https://lnkd.in/eZmb7gi View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2016-09-20 06:11:00
SUCCESS STRATEGY #2: "segregation distorters that destroy competing chromosomes during meiosis." https://lnkd.in/ewXxsGD View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2016-09-22 05:08:43
CONSERVED NON-CODING DNAs "They are under a stronger selective pressure than other functional genomic element." https://lnkd.in/eFvUyrd View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2016-09-22 05:04:05
NON-GENE SEQUENCES. "A team of seven geneticists have found something amazing in the genomes of humans and at least twelve other mammals..."conserved non-genic sequences" (CNGs) of unknown function that are better conserved than genes, and twice as abundant." (Non-genic = not genes). https://lnkd.in/eFvUyrd View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2016-09-21 04:21:13
POST-SCRIPT. "However, the possibility of unwanted ecological effects and near-certainty of spread across political borders demand careful assessment of each potential application. We call for thoughtful, inclusive, and well-informed public discussions to explore the responsible use of this currently theoretical technology." (Understatement). https://lnkd.in/ewXxsGD View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2016-09-23 04:04:59
UNRELATED TO COMPLEXITY. "Genome size varies independently of intuitive notions of organism complexity or presumed number of protein-coding genes. For example, a human genome contains eight times more DNA than that of a pufferfish but is 40 times smaller than that of a lungfish." http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1004351 View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2016-09-23 04:02:59
"GENOME SIZE varies enormously among species: at least 7,000-fold among animals and 350-fold even within vertebrates." http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1004351 View in LinkedIn