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Re:Human gene linked to bigger brains was born from seemingl... by bell-cot on Friday January 06, 2023 @01:36PM (#34278904)
Junk DNA, or near-junk DNA (active in theory, but with minimal effects) both:

- Is extremely difficult to remove, at a worthwhile scale, from the genome of any large & long-lived organism

- Can be thought of as a huge pile of tickets for the Extremely Favorable Random Mutation lottery

Re:Human gene linked to bigger brains was born from seemingl... by folex on Friday January 06, 2023 @01:58PM (#34279218)
pile of tickets is a very nice metaphor