UCSD Study Shows 'Junk' DNA Has Evolutionary Importance

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UCSD Study Shows 'Junk' DNA Has Evolutionary Importance

LJK — 10/21/2005 1:08:11 PM (archived)

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UCSD Study Shows 'Junk' DNA Has
Evolutionary Importance

KurzweilAI.net October 19, 2005
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Non-coding regions play an
important role in maintaining an
organism's genetic integrity,
according to Peter Andolfatto, an
assistant professor of biology at
UCSD, in the October 20 issue of
Nature. "Sequencing of the complete
genome in humans, fruit flies,
nematodes and plants has revealed
that the number of protein-coding
genes is much more...

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Is the Party coming to an end? - LJK - 10/19/2005 2:49:53 PM
- re: When the lights will go out - Raoul - 10/19/2005 8:48:45 PM
  - Eating less is good. - Lee - 10/23/2005 6:18:19 AM
    - Please tell me how you've done it! - Scott Evil - 10/24/2005 2:09:09 PM
    - Not bad at all - Daniel - 10/24/2005 1:50:43 PM
    - Under 1,000 calories for a grown-up??? - Mary Anne - 10/23/2005 6:42:44 PM
      - I'm eating well, just small amounts. - Lee - 10/23/2005 8:34:52 PM
        
        add some protein calories - FrankC - 10/24/2005 5:11:39 PM
        
        Low caloric intake may not be so bad. - Lee - 10/24/2005 7:16:38 PM
        
        **post deleted** - Mary Anne (moderator) - 10/24/2005 2:09:42 PM
        
        It's true that portion control is our downfall. - Mary Anne - 10/24/2005 1:47:28 AM
        
        BTW - Lee - 10/23/2005 8:43:56 PM
        
        Ah.. - FrankC - 10/24/2005 5:23:21 PM
    - Do us a favour? - Nick Hoffman - 10/23/2005 1:50:26 PM
      - you sicko (n/t) - Scott Evil - 10/24/2005 2:06:23 PM
        
        Hey! 18 is legit! - Mary Anne - 10/24/2005 2:11:37 PM
        
        ;) and fun (n/t) - :) - 10/24/2005 3:30:14 PM
        
        Not as much fun as the older ones. - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2005 10:33:48 PM
        
        I'm with you and Ben Franklin on this one Tom - FrankC - 10/25/2005 5:08:25 AM
        
        re: I'm with you and Ben Franklin on this one Tom - REB - 10/25/2005 2:46:28 PM
  - Obesity in the US is an epidemic - Bowser - 10/19/2005 8:56:17 PM
- Sounds like the predictions from the Club of Rome back in 1972 - Larry J - 10/19/2005 7:22:39 PM
  - Don't forget about tar sand and oil shale. - Lee - 10/23/2005 6:32:16 AM
  - linear metathinking - Robert - 10/20/2005 5:57:07 PM
    - You're not actually comparing us to dinosaurs I hope - Lee - 10/23/2005 6:24:40 AM
    - Just making a simple point - Tom Brosz - 10/22/2005 7:50:23 AM
    - And lest we forget... - Mary Anne - 10/21/2005 12:55:27 PM
    - re: linear metathinking - LJK - 10/20/2005 6:41:50 PM
  - Such predictions go back a long way. - Tom Brosz - 10/19/2005 7:38:57 PM
    - ;Who was it that wanted to close the Patent Office about a hundred years ago because "everything had been invented?" ' - R.L. - 10/23/2005 6:53:18 AM
      - Don't worry, Tom- you are in good company... - R.L. - 10/23/2005 7:21:12 AM
        
        Shows what happens when I don't bother to look something up. - Tom Brosz - 10/23/2005 4:55:07 PM
        
        And hidden effects in industries we think of as traditional. - Mary Anne - 10/23/2005 6:10:15 PM
        
        re: And hidden effects in industries we think of as traditional. - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2005 9:08:29 PM
        
        Agreed. - Mary Anne - 10/25/2005 12:51:48 PM
        
        Diversity - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2005 12:28:47 AM
        
        And with food irradiation... - Larry J - 10/25/2005 5:36:04 PM
    - I believe there is a reason for everything. - Eri - 10/20/2005 2:18:40 AM
- Undoubtedly - McFly - 10/19/2005 5:30:59 PM
  - Looking for the reasons for our current behavior - LJK - 10/19/2005 5:49:26 PM
    - "Natural selection drives evolution?" - Tom Brosz - 10/19/2005 7:26:39 PM
      - re: "Natural selection drives evolution?" - LJK - 10/20/2005 4:16:32 PM
        
        I bought the concept of natural selection after the finches. - Tom Brosz - 10/20/2005 4:28:28 PM
        
        UCSD Study Shows 'Junk' DNA Has Evolutionary Importance - LJK - 10/21/2005 1:08:11 PM

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