They were searching for correlations between social rank and gene activity, and in 987 genes they found one.

寻找社会等级与基因活动之间的相互关系，在987个基因中，他们找到了一个。

Like other embryos, turtle embryos are made of undifferentiated cells that become specific cell types, and then organs and tissues, through gene activity and communication between cells.

和其它动物胚胎一样，海龟的胚胎是由同样的细胞组成，这些细胞逐渐分化，通过基因活动和细胞间的沟通，然后形成器官和组织。

In frogs, gene activity showed that even when an embryo looks like an undifferentiated blob-- cells are already starting down the paths to their eventual identities.

在青蛙身上，基因活动表明，即使胚胎看起来像​​一个未分化的斑点——细胞也已经开始走向它们最终的身份。

The researchers chose five pairs of species… and looked to see if they could spot a signature pattern of gene activity that was shared only by animals that were monogamous.

5 亿年的进化， 当这些鱼、鸟和青蛙和我们拥有最后的共同祖先。 ” 研究人员选择了五对物种… … 看看他们是否能发现只有一夫一妻制的动物才有的基因活动特征模式。

The rest, once dismissed as " junk DNA, " is now known to contain elements that play critical roles in regulating gene activity, contributing to the complex orchestration of biological processes.

其余的部分曾经被视为“垃圾DNA”，现在已知它们含有在调节基因活动中发挥关键作用的元素，有助于生物过程的复杂协调。