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Originally Posted by skins
thanks Hesla,
so is that saying that essentially we don't know what 97% of our genes do?
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close. the "junk" DNA arent really genes. Genes are the parts of the DNA that are involved in producing something (like proteins). Some parts of the junk DNA make up parts of genes by regulating when they are "turned on" or "turned off", but for the most part scientists dont know exactly why we have these extra sequences. They have figured out how to make them useful though, and now use them for tracing heredity, forensic testing... In fact, it is really these sequences that allow such successful DNA testing (making the odds that scientists can give about whether or not somebody committed a crime, for example, or paternity testing, be so staggering).
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Everyone knows scientists insist on using complex terminology to make it harder for True Christians to refute their claims.
Deoxyribonucleic Acid, for example... sounds impressive, right? But have you ever seen what happens if you put something in acid? It dissolves! If we had all this acid in our cells, we'd all dissolve! So much for the Theory of Evolution, Check MATE!
