Actually, the likelihood is that the DNA has no apparent affect, but is
more than likely responsible for genetic variation.  That's how most
"junk" dna works.


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Russell McMahon wrote:
> Highly conserved Mouse DNA has no apparent function
>
>         http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99995063
>
> Two large sequences of DNA in mice which has been conserved over many
> generations and which are identical to that in the human genome, can be
> removed without apparent effect. Scientists continue to learn more about how
> very little they know about how it all works.
>
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