linkedin post 2013-08-20 05:44:57

THE SOUP OF GENETIC ELEMENTS: Jumping genes, coding DNA (genes), and viruses are genetic elements that are shuffled like cards. “Irrespective of the strict definition of selfish DNA, there is no sharp, definitive boundary between the concepts of selfish DNA and genetically functional DNA. Often it also is difficult to establish whether a unit of noncoding DNA is functionally important or not, and if important, in what way. What is more, it is not always easy to distinguish between …selfish DNA and …viruses.””
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