{"id":2982,"date":"2015-12-01T19:32:34","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T19:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/larracuente\/?p=2982"},"modified":"2016-01-17T20:04:47","modified_gmt":"2016-01-17T20:04:47","slug":"mysteries-of-the-genome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/larracuente\/mysteries-of-the-genome\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Mysteries of the Genome&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda recently presented at Rochester&#8217;s Science Caf\u00e9 at the Pittsford Barnes and Nobles on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rit.edu\/science\/science-cafe-Larracuente\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Mysteries of the genome&#8221;<\/a>.\u00a0 Click <a href=\"http:\/\/sciencecaferochester.blogspot.com\/.\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to learn more about the series.<\/p>\n<pre>Mysteries of the genome 11\/24\/15\r\n\r\nLess than 2% of the DNA in human <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/larracuente\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/coffeecup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2992 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/larracuente\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/coffeecup-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"coffeecup\" width=\"125\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/larracuente\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/coffeecup-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/larracuente\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/coffeecup.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a>genomes contains conventional genes that code for proteins. Scientists have known for decades that non-protein-coding regions in the genome can have important functions in regulating genes. However, much of the remaining non-coding and non-regulatory DNA consists of sequences frequently referred to as \u201cjunk\u201d. This category includes repeated sequences that we know little about but have links to cancer and other diseases. These repetitive genomic regions can go awry causing catastrophic genomic rearrangements and some can even behave like viruses. In this science cafe, we\u2019ll explore the mysterious parts of genomes rich in so-called \u201cjunk\u201d DNA. We\u2019ll discuss the controversy over what is considered a \u201cfunctional genetic element\u201d and how studying genomic differences within and between species helps shed light on a sequence\u2019s functional significance.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda recently presented at Rochester&#8217;s Science Caf\u00e9 at the Pittsford Barnes and Nobles on the &#8220;Mysteries of the genome&#8221;.\u00a0 Click here to learn more about the series. Mysteries of the genome 11\/24\/15 Less than 2% of the DNA in human genomes contains conventional genes that code for proteins. Scientists have known for decades that non-protein-coding &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/larracuente\/mysteries-of-the-genome\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Mysteries of the Genome&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/larracuente\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/larracuente\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/larracuente\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/larracuente\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/larracuente\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2982"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/larracuente\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3732,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/larracuente\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2982\/revisions\/3732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/larracuente\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/larracuente\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/larracuente\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}