Weizmann Institute

igor Ulitsky

Humans and fish share about 70% of their protein-coding genes, but only about 0.5% of their regulatory long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)

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Dr. Igor Ulitsky

Dr. Igor Ulitsky

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We share many of our genes with sea urchins, but none of the sequences for long non-coding RNAs that regulate those genes

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inhaling and thinking

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