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Remember biology class where you learned that children inherit one copy of a gene from mom and a second from dad? There’s a twist, some of those genes arrive switched off, so there is no backup if the other copy goes bad, making you more vulnerable to disorders from obesity to cancer.
Duke University scientists now have identified these “silenced genes”, creating the first map of this unique group of about 200 genes believed to play a profound role in people’s health.
