DNAprint Genomics (DNAG)

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Recent evidence suggests that "junk DNA" may in fact be employed by proteins created from coding DNA. An experiment concerning the relationship between introns and coded proteins provided evidence for a theory that "junk DNA" is just as important as coding DNA. This experiment consisted of damaging a portion of noncoding DNA in a plant which resulted in a significant change in the leaf structure because structural proteins depended on information contained in introns.

Translation: Previous beliefs about the insignificance of "junk DNA" that led to the labeling of such areas as "non-coding' were obviously in error as those areas are absolutely essential for the accurate 'coding' of the structural proteins.

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