他们期望最终能找到许多不同的基因发挥的作用,也许从中能揭示出更多有关这一复杂系统调节人类睡眠的秘密。
Ultimately, they expect to find that many different genes play a role, which may in turn reveal more about the complex systems that regulate sleep in humans.
恩迪博士对于可以调节其他基因的转换和控制系统特别感兴趣。
In particular, Dr Endy is interested in switches and control systems that regulate other genes.
“这给了真核生物基因原料,使它们能够积累新的基因。从规模上来讲,重大基因家族和调节系统对于细菌来讲是完全无法负担的”莱恩博士说。
"This gives eukaryotes the genetic raw material that enables them to accumulate new genes, big gene families and regulatory systems on a scale that is totally unaffordable to bacteria," said Dr Lane.
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