Concept 31 Some DNA does not encode protein.

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Genetic Origins

Try our online site with laboratories and exercises that use Alu — a type of repetitive DNA — to track human populations and migrations.

Bibliography

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• Britten, R.J., and Kohne, D.E., 1970, Repeated Segments of DNA, Scientific American, 222: 24-31.
• Darnell, J., Lodish, H., and Baltimore, D., 1986, Molecular Cell Biology, Scientific American Books, Inc., U.S.A.
• Lewin, Benjamin, 1990, Genes IV, Oxford University Press, New York.
• Raven, P.H., Johnson, G.B., 1986, Biology, Times Mirror/Mosby College Publishing, St. Louis.