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SUMMARY:The evolution of long ncRNAs and Prdm9\, a special gene - Chris Po
 inting\, University of Oxford
DTSTART:20100318T161500Z
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CONTACT:Scientific Meetings Co-ordinator
DESCRIPTION:Dobzhansky famously argued that "Nothing in biology makes sens
 e except in\nthe light of evolution".  In this talk I'll describe the resu
 lts of two\nprojects that have taken his advice.  First\, I'll show how we
  have used\nevolutionary approaches to investigate whether long noncoding 
 RNA loci are\nlikely to be functional. Then\, I'll describe what might be 
 the fastest\nevolving human gene which now appears to be critical for spec
 ifying sites of\nrecombination.
LOCATION:Max Perutz Lecture Theatre\, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC 
 Laboratory of Molecular Biol
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