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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.

Prokaryotes

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

Eukaryotes

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

Copyright © 2005 Aubrey Jaffer

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