Well, sorta accurate. We were aware that the cell was a seething mass of RNA back when I was learning about it in the 1970s, we just had limited knowledge of what it was doing.
We were aware that the cell was a seething mass of RNA back when I was learning about it in the 1970s, we just had limited knowledge of what it was doing.
Well, duh. It was seething.
Hemidactylussays
What does junk RNA do?
Matt Gsays
Larry Moran will appreciate this.
StevoRsays
@ Hemidactylus : Sail out of Chinese harbour with sails apparently based on bat wings?
StevoRsays
Assuming someone named their junk that… er, junk as inthe variety of ship that is.
Peter Bsays
@2
What does junk RNA do?
Perhaps they function as spacers. Shape may make an important difference.
Well, duh. It was seething.
What does junk RNA do?
Larry Moran will appreciate this.
@ Hemidactylus : Sail out of Chinese harbour with sails apparently based on bat wings?
Assuming someone named their junk that… er, junk as inthe variety of ship that is.
@2
“spacer” doesn’t require sequence specificity.
“Take notes”? Are genes the notes?
DNA is god’s way of testing people’s
gullibilityfaith.My daughter is having fun/stress with brain organoids, studying a bunch of long, non coding RNA.
Huh, in my AP Biology in high school (late 90s) I learned the 60’s view with some smattering of the 80’s view…
Learned something new! (Completely unsurprising if I, as a non-biologist, read a blog by a biologist…)
Cf
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo207403562.html
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