FYI -- "But in the past few years, the tide has shifted within the field. Recent studies have revealed a wealth of new pieces of noncoding DNA that do seem to be as important to our survival as our more familiar genes." “You take away a piece of junk DNA, and the mouse dies,” Rinn said. “If you can come up with a criticism of that, go ahead. But I’m pretty satisfied. I’ve found a new piece of the genome that’s required for life.” http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/08/magazine/is-most-of-our-dna-garbage.html Is Most of Our DNA Garbage? By CARL ZIMMERMARCH 5, 2015 ...