In order to prevent these relics of evolution from rearranging chromosomes and causing disease, natural mechanisms exist to silence them, according to contemporary theories of chromosome biology.

• 为了防止这些进化过程中产生的废物重排染色体并导致疾病，现代染色体生物学理论认为，必然存在一些能够使它们沉默的天然机制。