Junk DNA

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1. 725686Jan 2025
   You might enjoy the book Junk DNA by Nessa Carey. Very interesting how complex and interrelated our DNA is. Pretty much spaghetti code.
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2. dkostonMay 2019
   Interesting. I may be biased in the other direction after reading "The Epigenetics Revolution" and "Junk DNA" by Nessa Carey.

   ENCODE is such an amazing project! Also, thanks for your research on non coding DNA.

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3. dkostonMay 2019
   Agreed, maybe I misspoke but I wasn’t aware of any place I said it did.

   “Junk DNA” is a well accepted term by the scientific community and public.

   https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-junk-dna-...

   Humorous take on my point: https://www.amazon.com/Junk-DNA-Journey-Through-Matter/dp/02...

   I think my main point was missed which is: “labeling something as non useful and leaving it out of the majority of DNA sequencing as a result has made large swathes of the scientific community unaware of how non coding DNA works within the DNA ecosystem”. I think it’s unfortunate that the community doesn’t label this as “exciting area of unknown science” which would encourage investigation.

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