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seminote t1_j6qf8nk wrote

In fact most of our DNA is junk code from other organisms. Mainly viruses

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monkeypox_69 t1_j6qylu4 wrote

Aren't we made of a bunch of different microorganisms also? We aren't even fully human.. we were the aliens all along!

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josetemprano t1_j6udulc wrote

This is true of all animals and fish though - so if we're aliens then so are every other animals

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WhiteyVanReeks t1_j6rub13 wrote

Is it actually “junk” or possibly something we can’t detect it’s use due to lack of technology?

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seminote t1_j6susf7 wrote

It’s junk. Nonsense codons. They don’t code for anything and are just artifacts of specific types of viruses that integrate into our genome. They actually are a great history book that scientists use to mark time points in human evolution.

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Masticatron t1_j6qgcy3 wrote

Hey, baby, wanna do the horizontal gene transfer?

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