In a discovery that could transform our understanding of both evolution and genetic disease, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and Vanderbilt University have identified how horses pull off a remarkable genetic trick previously thought exclusive to viruses – they run right through a “stop sign” in their DNA. This evolutionary adaptation, which occurred millions of … Read more
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