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"Utricularia gibba is a carnivorous plant that uses a specialized bladder to suck in bugs like a vacuum cleaner. What makes the plant particularly noteworthy for geneticists, however, is the fact that 97 percent its genome is comprised of actual genes.
"'The big story is that only 3 percent of the bladderwort's genetic material is so-called 'junk' DNA,' said study researcher Victor Albert, a biology professor from the SUNY University at Buffalo."SOURCE
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112844707/carnivorous-plant-with-no-junk-dna-051313/
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