Tag: Junk DNA
In Biological Information: New Perspectives, Jonathan Wells Explores Functions for Non-Gene-Coding Information
Is there functional information in DNA outside of the genes? And how about epigenetic information that exists outside of DNA entirely?
More on That Bladderwort “Junk DNA” Claim
Has a carnivorous plant proven that non-coding DNA is not essential, and thus that it is junk after all?
A New Darwinian Hero: The Bladderwort
Has a diminutive water-dwelling carnivorous plant singlehandedly revived the concept of “junk DNA”?
The Race Is On to Find Roles for Genetic “Junk”
A new paradigm implying design is leading to new insights about what was formerly dismissed as biological junk.
Dover Revisited: With Beta-Globin Pseudogene Now Found to Be Functional, an Icon of the “Junk DNA” Argument Bites the Dust
It’s been Exhibit A — literally, offered as evidence in a famous court case — for critics of ID who argue that our genome can’t be a product of design.