Junk DNA necessary for life? (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Monday, May 13, 2013, 18:39 (4213 days ago) @ David Turell

Since their evolutionary split 87 million years ago, both plants have experienced episodes of genetic duplication where the plants' DNA doubled in size. But while the tomato has held onto a lot of those duplicates, the bladderwort has thrown out anything it doesn't need, and now has a genome only a tenth as long as the tomato's. The finding, published online today in Nature, overturns the notion that this repetitive, non-coding DNA, popularly called "junk" DNA, is necessary for life. [/i]-@Assumption from hell, unless they have genetic samples all along the way that prove it. -I am wondering how long it is before they find out they were dead wrong about this, as they have been with so many other 'remarkable discoveries' lately.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.