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That'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.
by bhk 5y ago
That'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.