Sandwalk

There is considerable controversy over the total number of genes in the human genome. The number of protein-coding genes is pretty well esta...

The current best model of the human genome is that only 10% is functional and 90% is junk. This model was first developed over half a centur...

A recent paper on characterizing endogenous retrovirus sequences has attracted some attention because of a press release from Kyoto Universi...

Current Opinion in Plant Biology has a special edition devoted to Genome studies and molecular genetics 2024 . The only paper (so far) that...

I just learned that John Mattick gave a seminar this morning at the Department of Cell & Systems Biology at the University of Toronto. U...

Tom Cech won a Nobel Prize for discovering one example of a catalytic RNA. He recently published an article in the New York Times extolling...

I'm discussing a recent paper published by Nils Walter (Walter, 2024). He is arguing against junk DNA by claiming that the human genome ...

I'm discussing a recent paper published by Nils Walter (Walter, 2024). He is arguing against junk DNA by claiming that the human genome ...

I'm discussing a recent paper published by Nils Walter (Walter, 2024). He is arguing against junk DNA by claiming that the human genome ...

I'm discussing a recent paper published by Nils Walter (Walter, 2024). He is arguing against junk DNA by claiming that the human genome ...

I'm discussing a recent paper published by Nils Walter (Walter, 2024). He is trying to explain the conflict between proponents of junk D...

I'm discussing a recent paper published by Nils Walter (Walter, 2024). He is trying to explain the conflict between proponents of junk D...

I'm discussing a recent paper published by Nils Walter (Walter, 2024). He is trying to explain the conflict between proponents of junk D...

Paradigm shifts are rare but paradigm shafts are common. A paradigm shaft is when a scientist describes a false paradigm that supposedly rul...

Nature Methods is one of the journals in Nature Portfolio published by Springer Nature. Its focus is novel methods in the life sciences. ...

Functional DNA is best defined as DNA that is currently under purifying selection. In other words, it can't be deleted without affecting...

I decided to edit the Wikipedia article on non-coding DNA by adding new sections on "Noncoding genes," "Promoters and regula...

John Mattick has a new book coming out in August where he defends the notion that most of our genome is full of genes for functonal noncodin...

The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) is a pretigious society of workers in the field of molecular evolution. I am a member...