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In the search for the genes that make us human, some of the most important answers were hiding not in the genes themselves, but in what was once considered genomic junk.
Thanks to Riley J. Mangan, Ph.D. Candidate, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University for his help with this episode!
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