HAQER Sequences Compared (IMAGE)

Duke University

HAQER Sequences Compared

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The fluorescent glow of mouse brain cells on the right indicates the effectiveness of a human-derived gene enhancer, HAQER0059, versus a 6 million year old version of the enhancer at left, which cannot activate genes in the same way because it is about 40 base pairs different from the human version.

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Riley Mangan, Duke University

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