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More Jobs for “Junk” DNA

It turns out the mouse endogenous retrovirus L (MERVL) is essential for embryogenesis, according to a recently published article. Read More ›
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In “Junk DNA,” Here Are Benefits of Seeking Function

You wouldn’t toss out all the punctuation in a book as “junk ABC” now, would you? Punctuation has a function. Read More ›
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#10 Story of 2022: Twelve “Shocking” Discoveries for Evolution

Some discoveries might be surprising from an evolutionary perspective, but not necessarily from a perspective of intelligent design. Read More ›
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Twelve “Shocking” Discoveries for Evolution

Some discoveries might be surprising from an evolutionary perspective, but not necessarily from a perspective of intelligent design. Read More ›
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Noncoding RNA Research Gaining Ground Over “Junk” Label

Perhaps it won’t be long before everyone, critics included, looks at the “junk DNA” concept in the rear-view mirror.  Read More ›
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Revolution as Scientists Treat Living Systems as Engineered

This sea change in perspective is rapidly accelerating progress in experimental biology. Read More ›
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Beyond Genes: Biologists Seek Purpose in Unknown Substances, Processes

There’s more going on in DNA and cells than the old Central Dogma predicted. The time has come to look beyond genes. Read More ›
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How Octopuses Got So Smart? “Junk DNA”

Jumping genes used to be dismissed as junk DNA which in turn was held to be slam-dunk evidence for unguided evolutionary processes. Read More ›
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Fascia, Your Body’s Fashionable “New” Organ

It’s not often that a new functional organ is found in the human body, considering that everything has been dissected and drawn for centuries. Read More ›
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Natural Machinery Operates Without Intervention; But How?

We’re going to need a new philosophy: one that can handle realities the Elizabethans and Victorians could never have imagined. Read More ›

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