Most of your DNA is garbage. At least this is what T. Ryan Gregory of the University of Guelph and Alex Palazzo, of the University of Toronto biochemist, have to say.
The two biochemists co-wrote an article in defence of junk DNA called
Is Most of Our DNA Garbage?, which argues that nearly 99 per cent of our DNA has zero coding function. The article was featured prominently in March 8
New York Times magazine, which sings the praises of junk DNA as "evidence of [evolution's] slow and slovenly triumph."
Read the full article
here.
Source:
New York Times