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Junk dna

Junk dna

That portion of dna which is not transcribed and expressed, comprising about 90% of the 3 billion base pairs of the human genome; its function is not known. Stretches of dna that do not code for genes; most of the genome consists of junk DNA.DNA that seems to have no apparent function and is therefore obsolete in its current [[genome.


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... some cyanobacteria have chlorophyll but they're not even the same class as the "AFA algae". Yeah, those multimarketing companies are junk I know, yet I was wondering how could so many people believe in that. How could there be so many sites claiming almost miraculous effects. And ...

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by vyr
Sat Sep 05, 2009 4:45 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Do AFA bacteria contain chlorophyll?
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by AstusAleator
Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:49 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
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New RNA: LincRNA

I am amazed at how much our junk DNA is becoming more and more known for functions that are important to us: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=19571010

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by kolean
Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:51 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: New RNA: LincRNA
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Regarding Mutation

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by kolean
Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:45 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Regarding Mutation
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Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?

... Evolution says it happened by mutation, some creationists propose a DNA with more info which was already there. Maybe that's why there's junk DNA. Just a thought. I need to study it more, but that is the gist. That would explain ...

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by AFJ
Tue May 26, 2009 12:45 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
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