junk DNA

Definitions of junk DNA
  1. noun
    stretches of DNA that do not code for genes
    “most of the genome consists of junk DNA”
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    DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid
    (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
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