Page 145 - Once Upon a Time There Was Darwinism

Harun Yahya
(Adnan Oktar)

the size of their nucleus and that of the overall cell.
Seeing the proportion between the amount of non-
coding DNA and the size of the nucleus, researchers concluded

that more non-coding DNA was a structural necessity required in
larger nuclei. This new research was a major blow to such concepts
as junk DNA and Dawkins' "selfish" DNA that dismiss the fact of
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Creation. The researchers concluded their report by saying:
Furthermore, the present lack of significant amounts of nucleomorph
secondary DNA . . . refut[es] "selfish" and "junk" theories of secondary
DNA. 89

4. Non-coding DNA was discovered to be necessary for the
chromosome structure.

In the past few years, another important role played by non-cod-
ing DNA has been discovered: It is absolutely necessary for the struc-
ture and functioning of chromosomes. Studies have shown that

non-coding DNA provides the structure that lets DNA perform various
functions—which it cannot in the absence of a formed structure.
Scientists observed that elimination of a telomere (the DNA-protein
complexes at both ends of chromosomes that grow smaller after cell di-
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vision) from a yeast chromosome caused a cell cycle arrest. This indi-
cates that telomeres help the cell distinguish between intact
chromosomes and damaged DNA. In those cells which recovered from
the arrest without repairing the damaged chromosome, the chromo-
some was eventually lost. This also demonstrates that telomeres be-

longing to non-coding DNA are necessary to maintain
chromosome stability.

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