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colonel_panic on Feb 26, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Vitamin C is a bug that needs to be patched

Bit rot is a feature. It allows genes that don't impact survival to attain greater diversity within the population so that, if the environment changes and the gene becomes relevant, some part of the population may be better able to adapt.

nn2 on Feb 26, 2012 [–]

Does your explanation for junk DNA pass the onion test? http://www.genomicron.evolverzone.com/2007/04/onion-test/

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