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Now they call it "non-coding DNA": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-coding_DNA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-coding_DNA
by not2b 5y ago
Now they call it "non-coding DNA": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-coding_DNA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-coding_DNA
- bhk 5y agoThat's not what your reference says. Briefly, "non-coding" means it doesn't code for proteins, while "junk" means it serves no function at all.
- not2b 5y agoWhen the term "junk DNA" was first used it was used for everything that didn't map to proteins, because the other functions weren't yet known.