Intergenic regions

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Food Biotechnology

DNA sequences located between genes that comprise a large percentage of the human genome with no known function.

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary

Non-coding DNA located between genes; this comprises a variable but considerable proportion of all eukaryotic genomic DNA, and its function is largely unknown.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture