I just read something I find very surprising.
It said that approximately 1.5% of all DNA is involved what is normally thought of as genes e.g. creating proteins of various sort. But 3% of DNA is "regulatory", e.g. deciding when and where to turn on/off the production of the protein. I am not surprised at the low amounts but the fact that twice as many genes are regulatory rather than active.
Does anyone know if these figures are accurate?
Thanks,
CBL
It said that approximately 1.5% of all DNA is involved what is normally thought of as genes e.g. creating proteins of various sort. But 3% of DNA is "regulatory", e.g. deciding when and where to turn on/off the production of the protein. I am not surprised at the low amounts but the fact that twice as many genes are regulatory rather than active.
Does anyone know if these figures are accurate?
Thanks,
CBL