Comments on: A few more quotes about non-coding DNA.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:42:00 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:21:00 +0000

Interspersed repetitive DNA known as SINEs and LINEs have the known function of uncoupling gene conversion networks, thereby catalyzing evolution of new genes. Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interspersed_repeat
or http://www.repetitive-dna.org/

By: Andras

Andras — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:04:00 +0000

Congrats for stopping to use the misnomer "Junk DNA" as a scientific term. Francis Collins, architect of ENCODE, when releasing the pilot results a year ago, suggested that "the scientific community will have to re-think long held beliefs" (and now resigned).

The Junk DNA and Central Dogma obsolete beliefs for half a Century hindered the transition of Modern Genetics into PostModern PostGenetics (now morphing into HoloGenomics).

One can not just "stop using obsolete dogmas". Obsolete dogmas have to be superseded by e.g. The Principle of Recursive Genome Function (or other competitive theoretical breakthroughs).

pellionisz_at_junkdna.com

By: T Ryan Gregory

T Ryan Gregory — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:17:00 +0000

ANSWERS

A) 1998.

Brenner, S. 1998. Refuge of spandrels. Current Biology 8: R669.

B) 1982.

Gould, S.J. and E.S. Vrba. 1982. Exaptation--a missing term in the science of form. Paleobiology 8: 4-15.

C) 1972.

Comings, D.E. 1972. The structure and function of chromatin. Advances in Human Genetics 3: 237-431.

(The first substantial discussion of "junk DNA", even before Ohno 1972, cited as in press).

D) 1980.

Doolittle, W.F. and C. Sapienza. 1980. Selfish genes, the phenotype paradigm and genome evolution. Nature 284: 601-603.

(One of the first papers about "selfish DNA").

E) 1973.

Said by Yunis in the discussion after a presentation from Ohno, reprinted following

Ohno, S. 1973. Evolutional reason for having so much junk DNA. In Modern Aspects of Cytogenetics: Constitutive Heterochromatin in Man (ed. R.A. Pfeiffer), pp. 169-173. F.K. Schattauer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.

F) 2007.

Francis Collins, quoted in

Schaffer, C. 2007. One scientist's junk is a creationist's treasure. Wired (online).