“Junk” DNA

News About “Junk” DNA

• News

  Humans May Have Fewer Genes Than Expected?

  

  Sept. 20, 2018 from Ken Ham Blog

  A recent study, led by the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, found around 20% of the genes which had been classified as coding genes were not coding.

Articles About “Junk” DNA

• Magazine Article

  Decoding the Debris

  

  July 5, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  For decades, evolutionary scientists have ignored “junk” DNA that supposedly littered our genetic sequence.

• Research Paper

  Taking out the Trash: Bladderwort DNA Is 97% Junk-free

  May 20, 2013 from News to Know

  Bladderwort DNA is 97% junk-free: Are there evolutionary implications?

• Magazine Department Article

  Junk Science

  Jan. 1, 2013 from Answers Magazine

  The evolutionary assumption that 98% of human DNA is "junk" actually inhibited our understanding of the human genome.

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  Junk DNA and ENCODE Revisited

  Nov. 7, 2012 from Answers in Depth

  The ENCODE project’s recent discoveries help make sense of the DNA referred to as “junk.”

• Defining the “Junk” Genes That Separate Chimps and Humans

  Nov. 12, 2011 from News to Know

  We have been hearing for years that chimp and human DNA is 98.5% identical, as if that proves our common ancestry.

• Placental Development Triggered by Genomic Parasites

  Oct. 8, 2011 from News to Know

  Prefabricated package of genes prompts placental development.

• DNA Prevents Reproducing Between Two Species

  Oct. 31, 2009 from News to Know

  Has the U.S. government finally supported creationist research? Alas, no, but the results of a National Institutes of Health study fit squarely within the young-earth creation framework.

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  The Smell of Change in Our Understanding of Pseudogenes

  Oct. 22, 2008 from Answers in Depth

  For years pseudogenes have been used by skeptics to promote evolution. But you can refute this every time you breathe in.

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• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  “Junk” DNA—Past, Present, and Future, Part 2

  Oct. 17, 2007 from Answers in Depth

  The ENCODE Project findings have made it clear that junk DNA is not junk and that most of it is functional in the form of RNA or protein.

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• Unnecessary DNA

  Sept. 8, 2007

  How can rats, mice, and humans share so many identical DNA sequences? Look inside!

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  “Junk” DNA—Past, Present, and Future, Part 1

  Aug. 22, 2007 from Answers in Depth

  For many years this notion that non-coding DNA was not functional (“junk”) actually inhibited science.

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• Neutral DNA

  July 14, 2007

  DNA elements sometimes confer neither benefits nor disadvantages.

• Semi-Technical

  Human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERVs)—Evolutionary “Junk” or God’s Tools?

  Dec. 19, 2006

  Contrary to being “junk” DNA, HERVs are thought to play at least three major roles.

• Brain Size and Evolution: Is There a Valid Correlation?

  Sept. 6, 2006

  For many years a dogma within evolutionary biology has been that as organisms evolved from mouse to chimp to human their brain size increased (even relative to body weight). Is this valid?

• Vestigial Genes?

  Aug. 5, 2006

  Scientists have found supposedly worthless DNA. What are these pseudogenes and what do they mean?

• Technical Research Paper

  Potentially Decisive Evidence Against Pseudogene “Shared Mistakes”

  Dec. 1, 2004, pp. 63–69

  Recent discoveries of function in certain pseudogenes have led to the recognition, by some evolutionists, of widespread function in pseudogenes.

• Semi-Technical Research Paper

  Pseudogene Function: More Evidence

  Aug. 1, 2003, pp. 15–18

  According to standard evolutionary thinking, pseudogenes are simply disabled copies of genes.

• Technical Research Paper

  Pseudogene Function: Regulation of Gene Expression

  April 1, 2003, pp. 47–52

  The discovery of a functional nitric oxide synthase (NOS) pseudogene compels us to understand pseudogenes in a new light.

• Technical Research Paper

  ‘Junk’ DNA: Evolutionary Discards or God’s Tools?

  Aug. 1, 2000, pp. 18–30

  That functions are being found for junk DNAs fits in well with creation science. But evolutionary theory is being adjusted again to accommodate the data.