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Huge tracts of human DNA, previously written off as meaningless junk, have been found to contain a hitherto unrecognised "genetic grammar", making the language of our genes much more complex than previously thought.

Hmm.. perhaps it's the code for "instinct" or handed down long-term species memory.

I dunno... I took a biotech class that taught me some pretty fascinating stuff. For instance, have you heard of "knockout mice"? They "create" mice to have genes, or in this case, seemingly nonsense DNA excluded from it's genome. The results were fascinating.

One mouse could not walk forward, only backwards. One mouse consumed (ate) itself. One mouse could not stop eating food. One mouse seemed to lack mating instinct, although physiologically normal.

Based on this data, it would seem to me that introns control behavioral (instinctual) aspects that we take for granted. One theory we talked about was mental health, personality disorders, addictive habits. Things seemingly beyond conscious control.

I am continually fascinated by this research... ethically notwithstanding. I'm not sure if we are supposed to tamper with genes in this regard. But the more I learn about biology, chemistry and genetics, the more I believe in God's Creation. It is hard for me to believe that billions of combinations of only four nucleic acids can produce such wide variation among all species, could happen by chance.

I wasn't raised to be spiritual, I've always relied on logic and science. It's pretty cool to have an epiphany in a science class, you know??