Twitter GooglePlus AboutMe
Derek Shirlaw
science, scotland and other stuff of wonder
Twitter GooglePlus AboutMe
 
Skip to content
  • Blog
    • Skygazing
    • Scotland
    • Science
    • Cool Things
    • Skepticism
    • Life’s Observations
    • The Natural World
  • What is… Science
    • Astronomy
      • Galaxies
      • Nebulae
      • Planets
      • Stars
    • Biology
      • Cells
      • Genetics
      • Life
      • Minibeasts
    • Chemistry
      • Acids & Alkalis
      • Atoms
      • Carbon
      • Solid, Liquid, Gas & Plasma
    • Physics
      • Energy
      • Forces
      • Laws
      • Motion
  • About Me
  • Contact
    • Privacy

Tag Archives: genetics

1 Comment

DNA ‘junk’ debunked

  By Derek Shirlaw September 30, 2012 Science

It’s been a long held notion that the vast majority of the stuff making up the long strands of our DNA is ‘junk’ and only small chunks of deeply buried code contribute to making us who we are. Continue reading





Tagged   dna, encode, genetics, human body, junk dna
  • Share this page

  • Blog posts by tag

    altair arcturus asterism astronomy cassiopeia clouds constellation constellations deneb earth equinox gemini geminids glasgow jupiter leonids mars mercury meteors moon moon phases nasa neptune noctilucent clouds orion pegasus perseids phases planets saturn science sky skygazing spica stargazing stars summer triangle sun sunrise sunset taurus uranus vega venus virgo
  • Blog posts by category

    • Cool Things
    • Life's Observations
    • Science
    • Scotland
    • Skepticism
    • Skygazing
    • The Natural World
    • Uncategorized
Derek Shirlaw
© 2000 - 2017
Powered by Parabola & WordPress.
Twitter GooglePlus AboutMe

Derek Shirlaw Cookies Policy

Our Website uses cookies to improve your experience. Please visit our Privacy page for more information about cookies and how we use them.

Close