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junk DNA: a standalone construct

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junk DNA1 CONSTRUCTJunk DNAPALAZZO · EVOLUTIONARY

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Evolutionary genetics

the view that much of a large genome has no sequence-specific function and is tolerated rather than selected.

In evolutionary genetics, junk DNA refers to the view that much of a large genome has no sequence-specific function and is tolerated rather than selected. This meaning comes from Palazzo (2014) in PLoS Genetics.[1]

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References

  1. Palazzo, A. F., & Gregory, T. R. (2014). The Case for Junk DNA. PLoS Genetics, 10(5), e1004351. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004351

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