A simpler and perhaps more useful way of thinking of non coding DNA is to use analogy of a recipe. Coding DNA tells you the ingredients used, noncoding tells yo

A simpler and perhaps more useful way of thinking of non coding DNA is to use analogy of a recipe. Coding DNA tells you the ingredients used, noncoding tells you when and how to use those ingredients. Both are essential to proper gene regulation, but one is much harder to study.