Eukaryote Evolution: Why So Much Non-Coding DNA?

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	Eukaryote Evolution: Why So Much Non-Coding DNA?

The rate of non-coding DNA evolution is proportional to:

R · S · N L

R	mutation probability per generation per nucleotide base,
S	size of non-coding genome,
N	population,
L	generational latency.

To stay evolutionarily competitive, prokaryotes offset their tiny non-coding genome size S with huge populations N and short latencies L.

Eukaryotes offset their long latencies L and small populations N with huge non-coding genomes S.

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