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Re:Tiny fern has the largest genome of any organism on Earth by akira2501 on Saturday June 08, 2024 @04:02PM (#40619879)
They're not calling it junk as part of an effort to down play it or to cause the rest of the field to deprecate or ignore it.

They're calling it that because the result is baffling. It's meant to be a call to action, not an affront to reason.

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Re:Tiny fern has the largest genome of any organism on Earth by kvdveer on Saturday June 08, 2024 @05:04PM (#40620162)
"Mystery DNA", or "enigmatic basepairs" might have conveyed a call to action. "Junk" definitely has a dismissive vibe to it.
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Re:Tiny fern has the largest genome of any organism on Earth by rob74 on Saturday June 08, 2024 @06:42PM (#40620684)
How about "uncharted" or "here be dragons" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_be_dragons) DNA?
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