Just like in our DNA...

[Felix Thibault]

On 7 Oct 1999 18:32:41 GMT, m.faassen at vet.uu.nl (Martijn Faassen) wrote:
> Michael Vanier <mvanier at bbb.caltech.edu> wrote:
> > And there may be other
> > uses for untranscribed DNA as well -- who knows?
> 
> > But back to python... :-)
> 
> Not just yet! Another theory for introns (backed by some evidence) is that
> they're parasitical DNA; sometimes apparently some introns can cause 
> themselves to be inserted in other parts of the DNA, etc.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Martijn
> -- 
> History of the 20th Century: WW1, WW2, WW3?
> No, WWW -- Could we be going in the right direction?

Careful! A few more steps down this road and we might get to selfish-gene
land, where the whole organism is cobbled together to serve the genes!

Horrors! :)
Felix