Definition of Junk DNA

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Junk DNA

The term 'Junk DNA' as it applies to the area of gnome research can be defined as 'Stretches of DNA that do not code for genes; most of the genome consists of so-called junk DNA which may have regulatory and other functions. Also called non-coding DNA'.

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