The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project reported that detectable biochemical activity was observed in regions covering at least 80% of the human genome, with biochemical activity defined primarily as being transcribed. While these findings were announced as the demise of junk DNA it is important to point out that transcription does not mean a sequence is "functional", analogous to some meaningless text that can be transcribed or copied without having any meaning.
The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project reported that detectable biochemical activity was observed in regions covering at least 80% of the human genome with biochemical activity defined primarily as being transcribed While these findings were announced as the demise of junk DNA it is important to point out that transcription does not mean a sequence is "functional" analogous to some meaningless text that can be transcribed or copied without having any meaning