https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/24/an-important-role-for-junk-dna/ Sat, 30 May 2009 10:12:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/24/an-important-role-for-junk-dna/#comment-535961 Sat, 30 May 2009 10:12:41 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/24/an-important-role-for-junk-dna/#comment-535961 Very cool research. If people like Larry Moran and T. Ryan Gregory lifted their heads from the semantic sand they seem to be wallowing in, they might realize that there is actually some pretty fascinating research going on with certain types of “junk DNA.” It is exciting science.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/24/an-important-role-for-junk-dna/#comment-535960 Tue, 26 May 2009 18:46:35 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/24/an-important-role-for-junk-dna/#comment-535960 virtually all the risk of pertussis in the vaccine refusers came from being unvaccinated, and 11% of the pertussis cases in the total population can be attributed to vaccine refusal. Can someone explain this better to me? if only 11% of the pertussis cases were vaccine refusers… were 89% of the cases…vaccinated people? Unvaccinated but not refusers? Babies?

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/24/an-important-role-for-junk-dna/#comment-535959 Tue, 26 May 2009 14:38:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/24/an-important-role-for-junk-dna/#comment-535959 Don’t tell Larry Moran about this!

]]>