{"id":40339,"date":"2021-12-04T11:39:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T17:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=40339"},"modified":"2021-12-04T11:39:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T17:39:16","slug":"more-purposes-found-for-so-called-junk-dna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/more-purposes-found-for-so-called-junk-dna\/","title":{"rendered":"More Purposes Found for So-Called Junk DNA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/evolutionnews.org\/2021\/12\/caltech-finds-amazing-role-for-noncoding-dna\/\">Caltech Finds Amazing Role for Noncoding DNA<\/a>,&#8221; Evolutionary News, 3 December 2021.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Scientists at Caltech may have sounded the final death knell for the &#8220;junk DNA&#8221; myth.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For years evolutionists have pointed to sections of the DNA and RNA strands that are not directly involved in the encoding of proteins as leftovers produced as organisms evolved. But as time marched on, scientists have been finding more reasons why these extra DNA and RNA sequences are needed.<\/p>\n<p>Caltech&#8217;s study found that these non-coding RNA sequences (ncRNA) work to organize the cell so other tasks are accomplished more efficiently.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They create compartments where related tasks are done.<\/li>\n<li>They communicate with other parts of the cell<\/li>\n<li>They pull in proteins needed for tasks to be accomplished<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thus, the sequences are not junk at all but are critical programs for organizing cell tasks.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: &#8220;Caltech Finds Amazing Role for Noncoding DNA,&#8221; Evolutionary News, 3 December 2021. &#8220;Scientists at Caltech may have sounded the final death knell for the &#8220;junk DNA&#8221; myth.&#8221; For years evolutionists have pointed to sections of the DNA and RNA strands that are not directly involved in the encoding of proteins as leftovers produced as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[42],"tags":[302,80],"class_list":["post-40339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issues","tag-creation","tag-evolution"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18035,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/nested-coding-in-dna-is-evidence-of-design\/","url_meta":{"origin":40339,"position":0},"title":"Nested Coding in DNA is Evidence of Design","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Source:\u00a0\"BioEssays Editor: \u201c\u2018Junk\u2019 DNA\u2026 Full of Information!\u201d Including Genome-Sized \u201cGenomic Code\u201d,\" Evolution News & Science Today, 18 November 2019. \"The paper finds that our DNA contains overlapping layered \u201c\u2019dual-function\u2019 pieces of information,\u201d including a \u201cgenomic code\u201d that spans virtually the entire genome in order to \u201cdefin[e] the shape and compaction\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Issues&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38575,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/junk-dna-refuted\/","url_meta":{"origin":40339,"position":1},"title":"&#8220;Junk DNA&#8221; Refuted","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: \"Oxford Journal: 'The Days of 'Junk DNA' Are Over' ,\" Evolution News and Science Today, 6 October 2021. Source:\u00a0Casey McGarth, \"'Junk DNA' No More: Repetitive Elements as Vital Sources of Flatworm Variation,\" Genome Biology & Evolution, Oxford University Press, October 2021. Genome Biology & Evolution, published by Oxford University\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Issues&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28566,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/evidence-of-god-information\/","url_meta":{"origin":40339,"position":2},"title":"Evidence of God: Information","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton When you look at some object, how do you know it is natural or man-made? What if you were walking through the woods and you saw a mark on a tree? 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Hamilton Download Audio Text: Romans 1:18-22 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There are so many hints present in this world that it is surprising that they are often overlooked. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But people have this tendency to only see what they expect to see \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And we have a school system that pushes agendas\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2336,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-god-be-proven-scientifically\/","url_meta":{"origin":40339,"position":4},"title":"Can God be proven scientifically?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Your email address was given to me by a friend of mine recently. 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