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Dark matter makes up most of the universe and astronomers dont know what it is. Much like the universe, the human genome is mostly dark matter too, except scientists now know where this dark matter originates.

A Penn State research duo discovered where that dark matter non-coding RNA in the human genome originates from.

B. Franklin Pugh , the Penn State Willaman Chair in Molecular Biology and one of the two researchers, said this dark matter makes up more than 95 percent of the human genome.

The research, which was also conducted by Penn State postdoctoral scholar Bryan Venters , was published on Sept. 18 as an Advance Online Publication in Nature, according to a Penn State News release .

With dark matter making up a significant portion of the human genome, Venters, who is now an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University, said the researchers considered the question: Are the RNA transcripts regulated or randomly generated?

The origin of non-coding RNA is not that different from the origin of protein coding genes, Venters said.

[The researchers] discovered hundreds of thousands of sites in the human genome where molecular machinery is engaging with DNA to produce RNA, Shaun Mahony , assistant professor in the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , said via email.

RNA, whether it codes for proteins or not, originates from initiation sites, sometimes called promoter sites, Pugh said.

In order to find these sites, the team narrowed their search space by developing a high-resolution method to figure out where a protein binds in the genomes and then applied it, Pugh said. Trying to just find these promoter sites would be like searching for a needle in a haystack, he added.

The technique allowed the team to see with a higher clarity and level of detail so they could see initiation sites that existed in dark matter, Venters said.

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Penn State Researchers discover ‘dark matter’ in human genome

DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) Bigfoot is realjust ask the researchers who have logged countless hours to prove their beliefs.

New photos and videos filled with never before seen images were released Tuesday by a group known as the Sasquatch Genome Project. They were in Dallas Tuesday to unveil its findings.

Dr. Melba Ketchum, a genetics scientist led the project. We want people to understand this is a serious study, said Ketchum.

The five-year study costs more than$500,000. It was funded by businessman Adrian Erickson.

Erikson says he has had numerous encounters with Sasquatch creaturesand says he has the images and science to back their existence. But he says he also understands the stigma and disbelief that comes with BigFoot.

People have chosen not to believe it. They cant find it in their minds to think these things exist.

So the group of researchers and scientists set out to track what they call the furry people.

The group says it followed a mother and daughter in Kentucky collecting thermal imagery, daytime and nighttime video, along with, photos of massive hand and footprints.

The group says there are thousands of these creatures in the United States including right here in North Texas.

But the strongest evidence the group says its has is DNA evidence. They say it is like nothing that has been seen before in mammals or humans.

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Sasquatch Genome Project Reveals Bigfoot Photos In Dallas

Bigfoot believers say there is scientific proof that Sasquatch exists.

A five-year DNA study conducted by the Sasquatch Genome Project along with new photos and videos of the alleged animal confirms Bigfoot is real. The group, which revealed its findings in Dallas on Tuesday, says Bigfoot is a human relative that has existed for 15,000 years, ABC News reports.

We want people to understand this is a serious study, Dr. Melba Ketchum, a genetics scientist led the project, told CBS Dallas. People have chosen not to believe it. They cant find it in their minds to think these things exist.

The five-year study funded by businessman Adrian Erickson cost more than $500,000. Ketchum led a team of experts in genetics, forensics, imaging and pathology sequenced three complete Sasquatch nuclear genomes and found that it is a human hybrid.

Our study has sequenced 20 whole mitochondrial genomes and utilized next generation sequencing to obtain 3 whole nuclear genomes from purported Sasquatch samples. The genome sequencing shows that Sasquatch mtDNA is identical to modern Homo sapiens, but Sasquatch nuDNA is a novel, unknown hominin related to Homo sapiens and other primate species, the group wrote in a press release.

A five-year DNA study conducted by the Sasquatch Genome Project along with new photos and videos of the alleged animal confirms Bigfoot is real. Sasquatch Genome Project

A five-year DNA study conducted by the Sasquatch Genome Project along with new photos and videos of the alleged animal confirms Bigfoot is real. Sasquatch Genome Project

The team used 111 specimens taken from alleged Sasquatches hair, blood, skin and other tissue type that came from 34 different hominin research sites in 14 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.

Ketchum, a veterinarian by profession, was initially a skeptic. When she began testing DNA samples five years ago, she set strict protocols when extracting collected samples. "This creature does not follow general rule. What it does do is very different. We think it is human hybrid. That is our theory," she said.

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Bigfoot Existence Confirmed? Sasquatch Genome Project Releases DNA Evidence, New Footage [PHOTOS]