Heredity, demystified — a short thread
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🔬Open thread on what 'junk DNA' actually does (spoiler: a lot).

I study DNA repair, which is ironic given my sleep schedule.
🔬Open thread on what 'junk DNA' actually does (spoiler: a lot).
📡Locked post: the phylogeny, freshly built, still controversial.
🧪Comparative analysis turned up a conserved region nobody's annotated. Funders see it first.