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New genes in the Human lineage

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11-07-2009 9:51 AM 		Reply to: Message 3 by Kaichos Man
11-07-2009 8:13 AM

Junk DNA
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So these new genes are thought to have evolved from junk DNA (though I can't understand why it's termed "junk DNA" when similar sequences are found inactive in other primates. You'd think they would differentiate between junk and an inactive gene).
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Inactive genes are junk DNA. Junk DNA is just a catch all term for sections of DNA that don't appear to be doing anything at the moment.
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