You don’t label something junk just because you are not sure what it does. “Junk” DNA got its name because the Evos thought that 97%+ of our genome was comprised of functionless DNA fossils leftover from our evolutionary past.
I personally don't label DNA anything. I was just indicating that what is called "junk" DNA today should not be tomorrow when/if a function is found.
“Junk” DNA got its name because the Evos thought that 97%+ of our genome was comprised of functionless DNA fossils leftover from our evolutionary past.
I'd not heard that specific number before, but I have heard the rest of that claim. I was always a bit amused by that, because it only showed there was a lot of conclusion jumping going on.