Bits of Mystery DNA, Far From ‘Junk,’ Play Crucial Role
• New York TimesThe human genome is packed with at least four million gene switches that reside in bits of DNA that once were dismissed as “junk” but that turn out to play critical roles in controlling how cells, organs and other tissues behave.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/junk-dna-concept-debunked-by-new-analysis-of-human-genome/2012/09/05/cf296720-f772-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html
http://www.nature.com/news/encode-the-human-encyclopaedia-1.11312
http://www.livescience.com/22956-human-genome-milestones.html
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/20120905new-dna-encyclopedia-shows-complex-inner-workings.html