Don’t Throw It Out: ‘Junk DNA’ Essential In Evolution

By JOE PALCA

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/19/139757702/dont-throw-it-out-junk-dna-essential-in-evolution

● Factual Questions:

When the notion of what a gene was became more concrete and who showed genes are made of DNA, that is a chemical that allowed genes to be passed from parent to child?

What is involve in producing traits, e.g., eye color or hair and makes up the enzymes and hormones and membranes?

How many genes humans have?

What is regulatory elements and what they are used for?

What is Junk DNA and what geneticist expect for Junk DNA?

● Questions that elicit opinions:

What comes into your mind when you face the word of ‘Junk DNA’?

● New Vocabulary:

notion - a general understanding; conception or idea
concrete - constituting an actual thing or instance
spawn - to produce; to give birth to; to give rise to