Scientists have published the most detailed analysis to date of the human genome.

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http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/62698000/jpg/_62698088_c0139973-dna_molecule,_artw.jpg

They've discovered a far larger chunk of our genetic code is biologically active than previously thought.

The researchers hope the findings will lead to a deeper understanding of numerous diseases, which could lead to better treatments.

More than 400 scientists in 32 laboratories in the UK, US, Spain, Singapore and Japan were involved.

Their findings are published in 30 connected open-access papers appearing in three journals, Nature, Genome Biology and Genome Research.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19202141

ENCODE: The human encyclopaedia

First they sequenced it. Now they have surveyed its hinterlands. But no one knows how much more information the human genome holds, or when to stop looking for it.

http://www.nature.com/news/encode-the-human-encyclopaedia-1.11312

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1. PBS NOVA Special "What Darwin Never Knew" Covered This Discovery -----

a year or two ago. The 98% of previously thought inert material in DNA are switches or regulators turning genes off and on at specific times. The wrong turn on time or on too long or off too soon can cause defects. This special is a very good program to watch. It explains how evolution works and why so much diversity is possible.

So if anyone believes that limbs could be regrown easily even though it is possible. If you tried to regrow an arm and got the timing wrong you could end up with a hoof or a fin and not an arm. or a leg. The sic fi movie "The Fly" seems prescient.

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2. I wonder if that's the same as What Darwin Didn't Know

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That was a BBC4 documentary which PBS may have bought.

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3. I Believe You Got The Title Right