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unusual facts about Noncoding DNA


Polystoechotidae

The genome, consisting of 16,036 base pairs shows a large section of over 11,000 base pairs which are noncoding.


Beta-thalassemia

DNA contains both the instructions (genes) for stringing amino acids together into the chains we call proteins, as well as stretches of DNA which do not code for proteins (noncoding DNA), but which may play important roles in regulating the level of working genes and proteins ultimately produced (see the expression of genes and gene translation into protein).


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