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While it's amazing that folks can simply discuss this on the internet I would love a ELI5 style answer so us simple folk could understand.

• userbinator 7y ago
  It's essentially a "padding" that makes it easier for the biological machinery to read the genome.
  • 0xdada 7y ago
    So like a NOP sled?
    • anfilt 7y ago
      That's actually a good point lol. Also DNA encoding proteins basically have a function epilogue and prologue.