
Why do some cells of multicellular organisms discard part of their genetic information?
Published: Monday 14.9.2026
A review article recently published in the prestigious journal Nature Reviews Genetics (IF 2025=51.4), co-authored by Radka Reifová from the Department of Zoology, describes another phenomenon contributing to the complexity of multicellular organisms-programmed DNA elimination. Through this process, organisms can discard larger or smaller portions of the genome in certain cells.





