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Didn't they recently realize that huge swaths of "junk" DNA are actually use to regulate RNA expression? So, uh, not junk? Not the original article I'm thinki
by finnh 12y ago
Didn't they recently realize that huge swaths of "junk" DNA are actually use to regulate RNA expression? So, uh, not junk?
Not the original article I'm thinking of, but related:
https://www.uam.es/personal_pdi/ciencias/genhum/bibliogenoma/RNAregulationnewgenetics.pdf https://www.uam.es/personal_pdi/ciencias/genhum/bibliogenoma...
- jostmey 12y agoYou state it as fact but it remains a matter of heated debate. If all the DNA were important then why are large swaths of DNA allowed to undergo genetic drift?
- collyw 12y agoWhy then do pine trees with a similar number of genes to our own, have nearly 20 times larger genome? Are you assuming they are more regulated?