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Title |
On causal roles and selected effects: our genome is mostly junk
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Published in |
BMC Biology, December 2017
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DOI | 10.1186/s12915-017-0460-9 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
W. Ford Doolittle, Tyler D. P. Brunet |
Abstract |
The idea that much of our genome is irrelevant to fitness-is not the product of positive natural selection at the organismal level-remains viable. Claims to the contrary, and specifically that the notion of "junk DNA" should be abandoned, are based on conflating meanings of the word "function". Recent estimates suggest that perhaps 90% of our DNA, though biochemically active, does not contribute to fitness in any sequence-dependent way, and possibly in no way at all. Comparisons to vertebrates with much larger and smaller genomes (the lungfish and the pufferfish) strongly align with such a conclusion, as they have done for the last half-century. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 66 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 9 | 14% |
United Kingdom | 7 | 11% |
Australia | 5 | 8% |
Canada | 4 | 6% |
Spain | 3 | 5% |
India | 3 | 5% |
Norway | 2 | 3% |
Germany | 2 | 3% |
Denmark | 1 | 2% |
Other | 7 | 11% |
Unknown | 23 | 35% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Scientists | 37 | 56% |
Members of the public | 27 | 41% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 104 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 104 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 21% |
Researcher | 22 | 21% |
Student > Bachelor | 14 | 13% |
Student > Master | 9 | 9% |
Professor | 5 | 5% |
Other | 18 | 17% |
Unknown | 14 | 13% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 34 | 33% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 32 | 31% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 4% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 3% |
Philosophy | 1 | <1% |
Other | 7 | 7% |
Unknown | 23 | 22% |