Breakthroughs in genomics show that 'junk' DNA is incredibly important
Researchers like Erich Jarvis needed high-quality genomes to answer their research questions.
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An artist's render of a chromosome.ClaudioVentrella / iStock
One of the most important pieces of news to come out of science this year sounds a bit, well, familiar. In March, a team of dozens of researchers announced that they'd published a complete draft of the human genome. For the first time.
But wait: didn't the Human Genome Project make the same claim 20 years ago?
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