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  • 05.24.22

Tag: The Myth of Junk DNA

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Evolution News @DiscoveryCSC
April 13, 2020, 5:05 AM

Pseudogenes Are Going the Way of Darwin’s “Rudimentary Organs”

Long described as useless leftovers of evolution, pseudogenes are rising from the junk pile as functional entities.

Evolution News @DiscoveryCSC
December 10, 2019, 4:49 AM

Jonathan Wells Was Right: Non-coding DNA Continues to Show Function

Design predictions rise as evolutionary assumptions fall. The junk DNA myth is, for all practical purposes, falsified.

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Casey Luskin
January 24, 2019, 4:52 AM

As Predicted by Intelligent Design, “Junk” Introns Are Actually Functional

ID proponents have long predicted that functions would be uncovered for such non-coding DNA.

David Klinghoffer
August 2, 2018, 12:25 PM

Princeton Researchers Watch “Junk DNA” at Work

In “real time” they show the function of an enhancer in switching a gene from off to on.

Evolution News @DiscoveryCSC
July 10, 2018, 2:38 AM

As Research Advances, Debunking “Junk DNA” Is Almost Trendy

Why not treat the whole genome as functional? This is a radical concept, but perhaps the focus on genes distorts our understanding. 

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