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- Author(s): Judson, Olivia
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Natural History. Mar2008, Vol. 117 Issue 2, p31-34. 4p. 2 Diagrams, 1 Chart.
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The article offers information on the human version of the genetic instruction to make a protein essential for an embryo to grow properly. It is stated that the instructions spell out how fast a protein should be made, which of several possible shapes it will take, and even which bits of a protein will be needed in a particular cell. It is noted that the additional genetic information is extensive and important, both in terms of the role it can play in causing diseases, and for biologists' broader understanding of evolutionary processes. An explanation of how the machinery of the cell translates the different genes in a length of DNA into their corresponding proteins is included.
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