Do all Primates (except humans) have 48 Chromosomes? - what the hell happened to that extra chromosome during evolution? (Sep/28/2008 )
QUOTE (Curtis @ Sep 30 2008, 01:47 PM)
Swanny, I never believed in Junk DNA, all these sequences can not be there just as non-coding DNA.
The big problem has been the small size of these non-protein-coding DNA genes, as much as because the idea of "gene" has, until recently, typically been restricted to protein-coding sequences or obvious RNA genes like rRNA and tRNA.
Anyway, haven't we been taught that Nature is very economical? Just think of how much metabolic energy would be wasted if the non-protein-coding DNA actually was junk!
-swanny-
QUOTE (swanny @ Oct 13 2008, 03:27 PM)
Anyway, haven't we been taught that Nature is very economical? Just think of how much metabolic energy would be wasted if the non-protein-coding DNA actually was junk!
yes, true....very clever
-Curtis-