Scientists Map All Mammalian Gene Interactions

Researchers have taken mammalian genome maps, including human maps, one step further by showing not just the order in which genes fall in the genome but which genes actually interact.

The findings, published in the August issue of the journal Genome Research, will help researchers better understand which genes work together and shed light on how they collaborate to help cells thrive or die.

To explore the gene interactions, the scientists statistically tested how often one gene appeared with another gene in a cell and which ones appeared together most often.

They found a network of more than 7 million interactions encompassing essentially every one of the genes in the mammalian genome.

By Rachel Champeau

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