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So-called 'junk DNA' may actually be the primary driver of diversity in animals and could be the key to understanding convergent evolution This deserves a comm
by TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
So-called 'junk DNA' may actually be the primary driver of diversity in animals and could be the key to understanding convergent evolution
This deserves a comment I don’t feel capable of writing right now.
Anyone want to try responding to that?
- i_feel_great 7y agoJunk DNA do not encode information (that we know of as of now) but seem to have the role that pragmas/annotations/compiler directives have in code. Edit: for clarity Or maybe I am thinking of epigenetics...
- _0ffh 7y agoMy understanding is: Initially it got it's name ("junk DNA") because it is not encoding proteins. But in the mean time we have long found out that it is nonetheless encoding vital information, like transcription factors, promotors, etc.! Hence, it's usually called non coding DNA now.