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Review of 2023 book: How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology Philip Ball. ISBN9781529095999

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So, shall we call it "inactive regions" then?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

No, because they are anything other than inactive

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

'Noncoding region' seems to be the preferred term.