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[en-kohd] / ɛnˈkoʊd /


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In short, proponents of intelligent design—a branch of creationism that uses scientific language but not scientific ideas or standards of evidence—strongly backed ENCODE.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2013

Thanks to ENCODE, though, we should eventually learn which sequences are the junk and which are the gems of cell activity.

From Scientific American • Dec. 20, 2012

ENCODE, which started in 2003, is a massive data-collection effort designed to populate this terrain.

From Nature • Sep. 5, 2012

That, according to Dr Hubbard, is the thrilling frontier for labs like those that worked on ENCODE.

From Economist • Sep. 5, 2012

"It's like Google Maps for the human genome," says Elise Feingold, a program director for the National Human Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, which funded ENCODE.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 5, 2012




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