From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Fri Nov 22 2002 - 02:20:32 MST
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Michael M. Butler wrote:
From:
> Hal Plotkin, Special to SF Gate
> Thursday, November 21, 2002
>
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2002/11/21/jnkdna.DTL
[big snip]
>
> "We need someone to tap us on the shoulder and explain it to us," he says.
> "But if it clicks as a tool, we would be more than happy to use it."
>
> "Overall, we know very little about what is referred to as 'junk DNA,'" he
> adds. "But every year that goes by, there are more insights into the
> possible role they might play."
ca-ca.
The junk DNA does serve a "useful" purpose in being a sink for the
free radicals that would otherwise attack "useful" DNA. Mostly it
is leftovers from evolutionary events that served some really functional
purpose.
Any other proposals seem highly likely to be more fantasy than fact.
Robert
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