[circlecity]

"The arrogance of calling it "junk DNA" is akin to the arrogance of saying that the "science is settled" regarding AGW/climate change."

You bet. For the last 10 years scientists have been discovering incredibly complex functionality for what was previously considered "junk" DNA. The concept was never more than pure arrogance.

[MrB]

There’s also that “meta information” concept that I don’t fully fathom yet.

Something about dormant DNA until certain environmental conditions activate it.