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human genome

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 21, 2021
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'Junk DNA', Culture, Darwinism, Genetics, Genomics, Intelligent Design
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The human genome at 20. We have some answers but way more questions now.

Denyse O'Leary
February 21, 2021
'Junk DNA', Culture, Darwinism, Genetics, Genomics, Intelligent Design
At The Conversation on junk DNA: Bewilderingly, scientists found that the non-coding genome was actually responsible for the majority of information that impacted disease development in humans. Such findings have made it clear that the non-coding genome is actually far more important than previously thought. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 14, 2021
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Genomics, Intelligent Design
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3D chimp and human genomes differ significantly

Denyse O'Leary
February 14, 2021
Genomics, Intelligent Design
Some of us remember when we were 99% chimpanzee… But that is so last decade … This type of finding makes more sense. If we were really 99% genetically similar to chimpanzees, the logical deduction is that the genome doesn't tell us much about a life form. Would be nice if it did, right? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 31, 2018
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'Junk DNA', Genomics, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Humans may have only 19,000 coding genes

Denyse O'Leary
August 31, 2018
'Junk DNA', Genomics, Human evolution, Intelligent Design

And we are not sure which ones they are. From ScienceDaily: Research Centre (CNIO) reveals that up to 20% of genes classified as coding (those that produce the proteins that are the building blocks of all living things) may not be coding after all because they have characteristics that are typical of non-coding or pseudogenes (obsolete coding genes). They don’t mean “junk DNA,” do they? Not this again. The work once again highlights doubts about the number of real genes present in human cells 15 years after the sequencing the human genome. Although the most recent data indicates that the number of genes encoding human proteins could exceed 20,000, Federico Abascal, of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the United Read More ›