UF geneticists and statisticians are examining the relationships between DNA and gene functions by using complex data analysis methods, an area known as statistical genetics. (Cover Illustration: Garry Nonog, Jane Dominguez; DNA model courtesy Doug Lundberg; data courtesy Connie Mulligan)

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