[yesthatjallen]

"junk dna"..."We don't know what it does, so it shouldn't be there."

Funny, I said the same thing.

[PeterPrinciple]

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-complex-truth-about-junk-dna-20210901/

researchers are beginning to appreciate how noncoding DNA can be a genetic resource for cells and a nursery where new genes can evolve.

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evidence is, it is an amazing back system.