Re: [math-fun] Junk DNA allegedly isn't. Big change in standard picture of life.

With suspecting, there's nothing to forgive. With acting certain -- when we just don't know -- and announcing it to the world, that's not so forgivable. --Dan On 2012-09-06, at 7:08 PM, rcs@xmission.com wrote:

A noticeable fraction (at least a few percent) of our DNA consists of many repetitions of short stretches of 6-25 letters. One might be excused for suspecting it had no important information.