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245 10 a| What's in your genome? :b| 90% of your genome is junk /c| Laurence A. Moran.;

246 3 a| What is in your genome?;

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505 0 a| Introducing Genomes -- The Evolution of Sloppy Genomes -- Repetitive DNA and Mobile Genetic Elements -- Why Don't Mutations Kill Us? -- The Big Picture -- How Many Genes? How Many Proteins? -- Gene Families and the Birth & Death of Genes -- Noncoding Genes and Junk RNA -- The ENCODE Publicity Campaign -- Turning Genes On and Off -- Zen and the Art of Coping with a Sloppy Genome.;

520 a| "The human genome contains about 25,000 protein-coding and noncoding genes and many other functional elements, such as origins of replication, regulatory elements, and centromeres. Functional elements occupy only about 10% of the more than three billion base pairs in the human genome. Much of the rest is composed of ancient fragments of broken genes, transposons, and viruses. Almost all of this is thought to be junk DNA, based on evidence that dates back fifty years. This conclusion is controversial. What's in Your Genome? describes the arguments on both sides of the debate and attempts to explain the reasoning behind those different points of view. The book aims to correct a number of false narratives that have arisen in recent years and examine how they have affected the debate over junk DNA. In addition, Laurence A. Moran focuses on scientific misconceptions and misinformation and on how the junk DNA controversy has been incorrectly portrayed in both the scientific literature and the popular press."--c| Provided by publisher.;

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What's in your genome? : 90% of your genome is junk / Laurence A. Moran.

Author/creator	Moran, Laurence A., 1956- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : Aevo UTP, an imprint of University of Toronto Press, [2023]
Copyright Date	©2023
Description	xiv, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Human genome. DNA. Genes. Genomics. Genome, Human DNA Genes Genomics

Variant title	What is in your genome?
Contents	Introducing Genomes -- The Evolution of Sloppy Genomes -- Repetitive DNA and Mobile Genetic Elements -- Why Don't Mutations Kill Us? -- The Big Picture -- How Many Genes? How Many Proteins? -- Gene Families and the Birth & Death of Genes -- Noncoding Genes and Junk RNA -- The ENCODE Publicity Campaign -- Turning Genes On and Off -- Zen and the Art of Coping with a Sloppy Genome.
Abstract	"The human genome contains about 25,000 protein-coding and noncoding genes and many other functional elements, such as origins of replication, regulatory elements, and centromeres. Functional elements occupy only about 10% of the more than three billion base pairs in the human genome. Much of the rest is composed of ancient fragments of broken genes, transposons, and viruses. Almost all of this is thought to be junk DNA, based on evidence that dates back fifty years. This conclusion is controversial. What's in Your Genome? describes the arguments on both sides of the debate and attempts to explain the reasoning behind those different points of view. The book aims to correct a number of false narratives that have arisen in recent years and examine how they have affected the debate over junk DNA. In addition, Laurence A. Moran focuses on scientific misconceptions and misinformation and on how the junk DNA controversy has been incorrectly portrayed in both the scientific literature and the popular press."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other forms	Issued also in electronic format.
Issued in other form	Online version: Moran, Laurence A., 1956- What's in your genome? Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : Aevo UTP, an imprint of University of Toronto Press, 2023 148753857X 9781487538576
ISBN	9781487508593 hardcover
ISBN	148750859X hardcover
ISBN	electronic publication
ISBN	electronic book

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