New Long Story Video Tackles “A Battle of Predictions: Junk DNA”

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Something happened in 2012 that changed the entire debate in favor of the ID-based prediction that DNA would be largely functional. Source
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Noncoding RNA Research Gaining Ground Over “Junk” Label

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Perhaps it won’t be long before everyone, critics included, looks at the “junk DNA” concept in the rear-view mirror.  Source
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