Junk DNA: goodbye!: ENCODE now hedging on 80% (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, January 03, 2016, 15:59 (3035 days ago) @ dhw

David's comment: The resulting function of 'active' areas, being still unknown, it is best not to conclude that non-junk is up to 80%. The percent may be less and needs more research. Honest hindsight.
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> dhw: And, as always, honest reporting by you. Thank you. Whatever the percentage, I do not think for one moment that theists or atheists will change their opinions, and I do not doubt for one moment that each of them will fit the facts to their theories.-The size of DNA is a major issue in the discussion. The length (size) of amoebic DNA is larger/longer than human with only a few genes present. Amoebas have not evolved much since the beginning of life. Following Darwinist logic makes no sense here. Did the amoeba evolve with mostly all junk in its DNA to start with? The junk is supposed to be 'left- over' material from evolution. My thought has always been early organisms had large DNA's to allow for future modifications to drive complexity. It is like a small family building a great big house from the start, to allow for new arrivals coming later.-The same with the organization of DNA in single celled prokaryotes, floating around with minor 3-D relationships. In multicellular eukaryotes the coiling of DNA allows for complex 3-D relationships to permit complex controls of gene expression.