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Re:Exome sequencing and analysis of 450k UK Biobank particip... by not2b on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @08:52PM (#28938895)
Now they call it "non-coding DNA": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-coding_DNA
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Re:Exome sequencing and analysis of 450k UK Biobank particip... by bhk on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @09:47PM (#28939325)
That's not what your reference says. Briefly, "non-coding" means it doesn't code for proteins, while "junk" means it serves no function at all.
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Re:Exome sequencing and analysis of 450k UK Biobank particip... by not2b on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @10:49PM (#28939655)
When the term "junk DNA" was first used it was used for everything that didn't map to proteins, because the other functions weren't yet known.
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