Tag: transposable elements
Studies on Insect Wings Validate Engineering Models for Adaptation
The “long-winged” phenotype is generated if the environmental conditions deteriorate due to reduced food supply or overpopulation.
The “Why” of the Fly “Y”: Reflections on “Junk” DNA
Let us give some thought to the Y chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster, that engaging fly which is the bond-servant of genetics.
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.
Waste Not: Research Finds that “Far from Junk DNA,” ERVs Perform “Critical Cellular Functions”
A pair of new articles in Nature Genetics acknowledge just how widespread ERV and retrotransposon functionality is.
Three Ways that Transposable Elements Demolish Evolutionary Theory
These “jumping genes” are segments of junk DNA that insert themselves at random in our genomes. That is the evolutionary interpretation.