When the first human genome was sequenced many people thought that all the hard work had been done. Most people thought that the genetic code, perhaps like comp

When the first human genome was sequenced many people thought that all the hard work had been done. Most people thought that the genetic code, perhaps like computer code, was well organized and well laid out. But organization arises in complex systems that are designed by intelligent beings, namely ourselves. The genetic code, shaped by the slow process of evolution, is not organized. It is like a tangled mess of spaghetti code. When scientist announced that there were only 25 000 genes in the human genome, they had identified only the most organized parts of the genome, comprising a mere 1% of our DNA. Determining what the remaining 99% of the genome does will be challenging because there appear to be few organizing principles to the DNA's layout to make research easier.