Massive Man Versus Mouse Genome Project Publishes Results
By Katie Howe,
BioNews
| 11. 24. 2014
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A comprehensive international study has revealed striking similarities as well as some significant differences in the regulation of mouse and human genomes.
A series of papers published by the mouse ENCODE (ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements) consortium shows that many regulatory sequences in humans do have counterparts in the mouse genome. However, the regulation of some key genes varies between mice and humans.
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