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by Cathy Holding

RESEARCH ROUND-UP

Junk DNA controls embryos

Email: Cathy Holding - cathy.holding@absw.org.uk
News from The Scientist 2004, 5(1):20041011-01

Published

11 October 2004

Transposable elements (TEs) appear to govern the transition from oocyte to embryo in mice, according to a study in Developmental Cell this week. The paper questions the idea that some of the numerous repetitive TEs present in the genome are just "junk."

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