tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post108536900031247227..comments2023-10-10T02:20:14.831-07:00Comments on New Covenant: Ultra-conservative DNA...Rustyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649535070603621577noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1141667454016877782006-03-06T09:50:00.000-08:002006-03-06T09:50:00.000-08:00Oh, I almost forgot. Information source:Molecular...Oh, I almost forgot. Information source:<BR/><BR/>Molecular Biology of the Cell. 4th ed. Alberts et al., Garland Publishing c2002.<BR/><BR/>And another thing. These functional anomalies are explained just as well. Transposons float freely through the nucleus (Transposon by definition: little floating sequence of unattached DNA). They become functional (and occasionally dangerously so!), whenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1141667054214226092006-03-06T09:44:00.000-08:002006-03-06T09:44:00.000-08:00These elements are, in fact, known as transposons,...These elements are, in fact, known as transposons, retrotransposons, SINES, and LINES. These are viral detritus that exist as a cellular defense mechanism to prevent their activation. Once a transposon or retrotransposon (pieces of floating DNA that result from DNA reparation, viral attacks, coding errors, mutations, and millions of other things) is in a cell, since these are mini-organisms in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com