Evolution doesn't make junk

[nancylebov]

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg19426086.000&feedId=online-news_rss20

A mammoth investigation of human DNA finds it generates far more RNA than thought - so what is the excess for?

Comments

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

<smartass>
Where'd they get the mammoths to do this investigation?
</smartass>

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

<deadpan>
There are estimated to be about a quarter of a million of them buried in permafrost in Siberia, or at least there were a few years ago, I've not seen estimates of how global warming may have affected this. That's enough for a lot of studying.
</deadpan>

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

Mammoths are not junk. Mammoths are massively cool. I'm not sure I'd ignore a recreated dinosaur (a big one) to look at a recreated mammoth, but I just might.