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Re:Tiny fern has the largest genome of any organism on Earth by darby_nine on Saturday June 08, 2024 @04:14PM (#40619944)
Even non-functional isn't nearly as good as "genetic data with unknown function or expression".
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Re:Tiny fern has the largest genome of any organism on Earth by tim333 on Saturday June 08, 2024 @07:26PM (#40620838)
Non-coding DNA (ncDNA) seems good to me. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-coding_DNA)
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Re:Tiny fern has the largest genome of any organism on Earth by tsimionescu on Sunday June 09, 2024 @08:31AM (#40623996)
That's a very different concept. There's a lot of non-coding DNA that has never been considered non-functional/junk.
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