RE: [asa] Junk DNA

>
>Pseudogenes are evidence of copying from lower life forms. I think
>it is "junk DNA," but just a subset of "junk DNA." No one has ever
>discovered any use for a pseudogene (sub category of "junk DNA"),
>have they?
>

I've seen a report where the RNA transcript of a pseudogene seemed to
participate in regulating the expression of another gene. Sorry, I
don't have a reference for it.

Preston G.

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Received on Thu Nov 6 21:30:37 2008