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> junk DNA Properly referred to as "noncoding DNA"... until it is proved to be coding something.
by damon_c 13y ago
> junk DNA
Properly referred to as "noncoding DNA"... until it is proved to be coding something.
- kissickas 13y agoThere is, in fact, a difference between "junk DNA" and "noncoding DNA," now that we see some noncoding DNA performing functions as switches, promoters, TF-binding sites (like the article describes), etc.