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Is DNA junk or not junk?
AnswerThere is junk DNA or non-coding DNA. This DNA is the segment before the promoter of a different gene.
What is the difference between coding DNA and junk DNA?
Junk DNA is non-coding DNA it does not code for protein.
What is DNA coding?
junk DNA
What is non-coding DNA?
DNA which doesn't carry the information to make proteins. Originally thought to be "junk", but people are finding that it does have functions.
Why can't they call the extra pieces of DNA that we didn't need or use junk DNA?
They are called non-coding DNA. It was called "junk DNA" at one time by people doing research on DNA because they didn't think these DNA codes had any use. Now they know that they have uses and so have stopped using that name "junk DNA".
What is the holder and protector of the DNA?
The nucleus, but telomeres protect DNA by adding junk DNA to the ends that way the exons do not get messed with. The 5' Cap and the Poly-A Tail are the two ends of the DNA with junk DNA, or introns.
What would happen if we didn't have junk DNA?
If we didn't have junk DNA any mutation would cause damage to essential sequences of DNA and likely kill the host. It would be to dangerous to be in the sun because uv radiation cause mutations. However most of the mutation occur in the non essentioal junk DNA thus protecting essential DNA.
Why is the outdated term junk DNA a misnomer for noncoding regions of the human genome?
The conservation of "junk DNA" sequences in diverse genomes suggests that they have important functions.
How can junk DNA be related to human evolution?
"Junk" DNA isn't just junk. It also contains inactive genetic code. For example, we still have genetic code for a prehensile tail in our DNA. Rarely, this becomes activated in humans today which results in a vestigial tail.In the junk DNA we find all sorts of interesting correlations between species that gives a greater depth of knowledge about where we came from.
What is the region of genes with no known function?
Junk DNA
What is the function of noncoding genomes?
These segments are often called 'junk DNA' but we are learning that they are not really 'junk' as once was thought. The human genome is a genetic jungle full of sequences of "freeloaders," "parasites," "hitchhikers," "ancient viral invaders," and "evolutionary fossils" that are all competing for space on the DNA molecule.The ENCODE project has looked deeper into this "junk DNA" than ever before. And junk it is not: According to more than 30 research papers published in a number of journals including Science and Nature, at least 80 percent of the genome is biologically active, with much non-protein-coding DNA regulating nearby genes in a complex dance of influence.
What is the functions of the genome?
These segments are often called 'junk DNA' but we are learning that they are not really 'junk' as once was thought. The human genome is a genetic jungle full of sequences of "freeloaders," "parasites," "hitchhikers," "ancient viral invaders," and "evolutionary fossils" that are all competing for space on the DNA molecule.The ENCODE project has looked deeper into this "junk DNA" than ever before. And junk it is not: According to more than 30 research papers published in a number of journals including Science and Nature, at least 80 percent of the genome is biologically active, with much non-protein-coding DNA regulating nearby genes in a complex dance of influence.
