True enlightenment is when you realize that junk DNA is actually a great term, because evolution is great at building things out of junk and repurposing them.

True enlightenment is when you realize that junk DNA is actually a great term, because evolution is great at building things out of junk and repurposing them. The "junk" areas of repetitive DNA were actually identified as cauldrons of evolution in the early days of research, so we have known since the beginning that the junk was actually crucial. Barbara McClintock's Nobel for this was awarded way back in 1983 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_McClintock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_McClintock