Daschle, however, favors a broader measure that would include genetic discrimination in employment and elsewhere. The Senate Democratic leader said in Science that he favors laws that would conform to the Universal Declaration of the Human Genome and Human Rights. Both teams called that finding a surprise. Inherited genetic mutations arise about twice as often in men than women, a finding that confirms a recent study. Only 1 percent to 1.5 percent of the human DNA carries instructions for making proteins, compared to the 3 percent to 5 percent the researchers expected.
Genes tell cells how to make proteins, which are crucial for each cell's structure and functioning.
Along the stretches of DNA, genes tend to occur in clusters, like cities separated by vast stretches of countryside. The clustering turns out to be more pronounced than scientists had thought. Some 200 human genes apparently arose from genes that were somehow inserted into humanity's early vertebrate ancestors by bacteria. The Macon Telegraph. The information you receive online from The Macon Telegraph is protected by the copyright laws of the United States.