{"71936":{"#nid":"71936","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"\u0022Junk DNA\u0022 may help explain human-chimp differences","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor years, scientists thought an ex planation would soon turn up for the vast differences be tween humans and their closest relatives among the animals, such as chimpanzees. The difference must be in the genes, biologists rea\u0026shy;soned.\n\n\nResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have now concluded that a major part of the answer lies in regions of DNA out side those that are consid\u0026shy;ered genes. This material was called junk DNA only a few years ago be cause it had no discernible function: un like genes it does n\u2019t pro vide code for producing proteins, the myriad molecules that do much of the day-to-day work of keep ing the organism ticking.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2011-10-25 19:04:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:25:09","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"GT\/IoNx Center for Neuroscience and Society","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.world-science.net\/othernews\/111025_dna.htm","dateline":{"date":"2011-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2371","name":"John McDonald"},{"id":"14892","name":"Junk DNA"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}