There are multiple mechanisms that a cell can use to decide which genes it is expressing at any one time and which ones are not expressed.

在某一时刻,决定细胞中哪些基因表达,哪些基因不表达的机理十分复杂

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I think that in the next decade we will probably know how these cells actually work and the ear catches up to vision smell and taste in that regard.

我还相信，未来的十年中,我们也许能探明这些细胞的机理,赶上视觉，嗅觉和味觉,这些领域的研究。

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