Understanding the non-coding portion of our DNA is critical for understanding the genetic components of disease, says Steven Reilly, ... “This has been the theme of the human genome work from the ...

But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full ...

The human genome was found to contain 20,000 protein-coding genes, which accounts for just 2% of our DNA. The rest of was written off as junk – but it plays a vital role.

The human genome contains roughly 3 billion nucleotides and just under 20,000 protein-coding genes – an estimated 1% of the genome’s total length. The remaining 99% is non-coding DNA sequences ...

How fast does the human genome change? Scientists have attempted to answer this question by studying mutation rates over several generations, and they found that some parts of the human genome tend to ...

On April 14, 2003, the National Human Genome Research Institute and its international partners, including the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center (BCM-HGSC), announced the ...

"All but one of this lungfish's 19 chromosomes is the size of the entire human genome, so it takes a lot of energy to copy that DNA. And the nucleus and cell that encase it must be bigger." ...