Re: junk DNA or buffer DNA?

From: Hal Finney (hal@rain.org)
Date: Tue Mar 17 1998 - 11:34:47 MST


I don't see how that would work. Just adding more junk DNA will not
reduce the number of mutations in the coding DNA. The mutation rate is
presumably constant per base. Adding N times as many bases will make
sure that N/(N+1) of the mutations occur in the junk region, but there
will still be the same number occuring in the coding part.

Hal



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