2006-07-10 12:47:13 · 7 answers · asked by SeventhHill 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Wouldn't be the first time. But that is what science is all about. We just try to come up with the best answer to a problem. There may well be extra information carried by 'junk' DNA and who ever finds out what it is will become famous.
2006-07-18 00:16:22 · answer #1 · answered by uselessadvice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The junk DNA could have something to do with overall chromatin structure and be involved in regulation of chromosomal regions, or interaction with the nuclear lamina. maybe we need to clone a cow with deleted regions of junk DNA. I don't think that the jDNA would be a different format, since the cell only has one method of actually synthesizing proteins. What people need to do is develop a way to watch regions of the chromosome throughout the cell cycle and determine if the structure changes at certain time points.
2006-07-10 20:30:35 · answer #2 · answered by bunja2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Junk DNA is DNA. A lot of it consists of transposable elements like Alu in humans. It's too bad we know so little about this DNA. It's called junk just because it does not specify for RNA/protein gene products. We do know it consists of a lot of repetitive elements though. A lot of diseases are linked to having the wrong amount of "junk" DNA in between genes.
2006-07-10 20:12:32 · answer #3 · answered by musicmonkey_73 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read that frogs have far more DNA than humans (enough to be transformed when kissed by a princess?) and humans have gills at an early stage of development that we really don't need. Perhaps "junk" is just a convenient term to cover mysteries we don't completely understand.
2006-07-10 20:43:08 · answer #4 · answered by Kes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then they're wrong and the hypothesis will change.
Remember, true science does not deal with absolutes. The scientists best answers for a given problem are based on scientific method and errors are not only common, but welcome. Errors in hypothesis and theories allow us to better understand what we are observing.
2006-07-10 19:55:44 · answer #5 · answered by scott i 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well that would open a frontier for the right answer and what if most of scientist are wrong
2006-07-10 19:52:19 · answer #6 · answered by collegeb16 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then they'll feel stupid when they develop mutant powers.
2006-07-10 19:50:12 · answer #7 · answered by Starlight 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋