Tag: dark genome

  • The dark genome: A gothic tale with a happy ending

    The dark genome: A gothic tale with a happy ending

    On 29 September Roger Highfield published an article for the Francis Crick Institute entitled “A message from the dark genome: The genetic ghosts that haunt and help us” (based on a chat with George Kassiotis and Samra Turajlic). This set my metaphor-whiskers twitching, as the article overflows with metaphors circling around the central one of…