Transposable elements, or "jumping genes", were first identified by Barbara ... Less than 2% of the human genome is composed of class 2 TEs. This means that the majority of the substantial portion ...

The Human Genome Project estimated there could be up to 25,000 human genes, so defining their individual roles is a mammoth task. Fortunately, mice have approximately 97.5% of their working DNA in ...

We Homo sapiens possess surprisingly few functional genes that distinguish us from extinct human lineages such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, according to the authors of an unpublished study.