http://evamoon.net/blog/2007/06/15/it-all-looked-like-junk/ Music, Musings & Mischief Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:16:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://evamoon.net/blog/2007/06/15/it-all-looked-like-junk/#comment-16 Dreah Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:25:01 +0000 http://evamoon.net/blog/2007/06/15/it-all-looked-like-junk/#comment-16 I haven't heard the latest theories about genetic junk, but a previous explanation that made sense to me was that the junk helped limit the effects of mutations. If 97% of your genes don't do anything, then a random mutation most likely won't have any effect at all. I haven’t heard the latest theories about genetic junk, but a previous explanation that made sense to me was that the junk helped limit the effects of mutations. If 97% of your genes don’t do anything, then a random mutation most likely won’t have any effect at all.

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