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SUMMARY:The Evolution of Long ncRNAs and Prdm9\, a Speciation Gene - MRC F
 unctional Genomics Unit\, Oxford
DTSTART:20100318T161500Z
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CONTACT:Sarah Teichmann
DESCRIPTION:Dobzhansky famously argued that "Nothing in biology makes sens
 e except in the light of evolution".  In this talk I'll describe the resul
 ts of two projects that have taken his advice.  First\, I'll show how we h
 ave used evolutionary approaches to investigate whether long noncoding RNA
  loci are likely to be functional. Then\, I'll describe what might be the 
 fastest evolving human gene which now appears to be critical for specifyin
 g sites of\nrecombination.
LOCATION:MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology\, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre
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