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Wait, yes it does! Mutation rates may be small over generations due to SELECTION. We're talking about nonsense DNA that does not have any purifying selection pr
by kyberias 13y ago
Wait, yes it does! Mutation rates may be small over generations due to SELECTION. We're talking about nonsense DNA that does not have any purifying selection pressure, ie. it does not encode any useful or critical protein for the organism.
- 3pt14159 13y agoBut some segments of DNA are effectively unchanging and you can place the message in those segments "junk" sub-segments.
- arca_vorago 13y agoAnd that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the zombie apocalypse started... Anyway, those areas you guys are calling non-coding and "junk" do a lot more than we understand, and I would venture modifying them willy nilly could have some pretty nasty outcomes.
- 3pt14159 13y agoActually, we're beginning to understand them more and more. Remember, if it was as easy as a mutation here or there then the zombie apocalypse would have already started. I'm much more afraid of grey goo (look it up) than punching out some TAGACAs.
- arca_vorago 13y agoOn the ZA, who says mutation is the mechanism, maybe someone wants the ZA to start.... On non-coding regions, we are indeed learning more and more, but these developments are relatively recent and there is much more to be discovered. As for the grey goo... well, that would be quite the singularity, wouldn't it?