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Re:The human genome is, at long last, complete by Alan_Dillman on Saturday April 02, 2022 @07:17PM (#30892546)
Infrastructure, scaffold, or interface DNA then, would be a better term.
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Re:The human genome is, at long last, complete by axg11 on Saturday April 02, 2022 @08:25PM (#30892957)
All better terms. I think “regulatory DNA” is also a good term that helps emphasise the role in controlling gene expression.
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Re:The human genome is, at long last, complete by robwwilliams on Saturday April 02, 2022 @10:33PM (#30893807)
No, way too generous a definition; one that posits a “selected” function for every nucleotide. Human effective population size is much too low to effectively clear the genome of junk.

Read Michael Lynch: The Origins of Genome Architecture.

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Re:The human genome is, at long last, complete by robwwilliams on Saturday April 02, 2022 @10:29PM (#30893788)
How about high repetitive non-functional viral-derived DNA—aka junk ;-)
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