Or it is the inherited remains of countless natural trial and error experiments and retained genetic scars from viruses... A couple of examples:
Mammals used to be able to make vitamin C. We, and most primates cannot. Some simians can. But our lineage lived in rainforests and regularly ate fruit, so when a genetic mutation occurred that caused the loss of function of a key set of enzymes, our primate ancestors were getting plenty in their diet and happily continued to reproduce and pass on the broken metabolic pathway. So, over several million years, we've inherited a pathway with multiple broken, non-functional enzymes which are not expressed, but for which we still have the code.
There's a similar situation with an enzyme called uricase. We used to be able to metabolize uric acid. Now we can't, for reasons similar to what was described above. So, now we have to worry about gout when we eat too many fermented foods or aged meats which are high in uric acid
There is a famous viral "fossil" retained in most mammals. Apparently it circulated for an estimated ~30 million years, and in the process, inserted itself readily into the genomes of most mammal species, including humans. We retain the genetic fossil of that virus in our non-coding/"junk" DNA.
A war between autonomous organisms and parasites has been raging for all of existence. Much of the junk DNA is thought to be remnants of those never ending biological battles.
This is one of the reasons why Ivermectin is correctly considered to be a wonder drug, and won the Nobel prize in 2015. It is extremely effective against many parasites, as well as viruses, etc.
This is my take. A lot of the Secret space program and more shall we say “esoteric “ community believe that a lot of our potential is locked behind that junk DNA and the ascension process is about unlocking it. Funny how that’s how I got sucked into this community. I was more Q adjacent before hand.
Junk DNA- "any DNA sequence that does not play a functional role in development, physiology, or some other organism-level capacity."
What is it’a purpose? Perhaps God’s signature on all of us.
Or it is the inherited remains of countless natural trial and error experiments and retained genetic scars from viruses... A couple of examples:
Mammals used to be able to make vitamin C. We, and most primates cannot. Some simians can. But our lineage lived in rainforests and regularly ate fruit, so when a genetic mutation occurred that caused the loss of function of a key set of enzymes, our primate ancestors were getting plenty in their diet and happily continued to reproduce and pass on the broken metabolic pathway. So, over several million years, we've inherited a pathway with multiple broken, non-functional enzymes which are not expressed, but for which we still have the code.
There's a similar situation with an enzyme called uricase. We used to be able to metabolize uric acid. Now we can't, for reasons similar to what was described above. So, now we have to worry about gout when we eat too many fermented foods or aged meats which are high in uric acid
There is a famous viral "fossil" retained in most mammals. Apparently it circulated for an estimated ~30 million years, and in the process, inserted itself readily into the genomes of most mammal species, including humans. We retain the genetic fossil of that virus in our non-coding/"junk" DNA.
A war between autonomous organisms and parasites has been raging for all of existence. Much of the junk DNA is thought to be remnants of those never ending biological battles.
This is one of the reasons why Ivermectin is correctly considered to be a wonder drug, and won the Nobel prize in 2015. It is extremely effective against many parasites, as well as viruses, etc.
Any chance this "viral fossil" is, or related to, fungi?
This is my take. A lot of the Secret space program and more shall we say “esoteric “ community believe that a lot of our potential is locked behind that junk DNA and the ascension process is about unlocking it. Funny how that’s how I got sucked into this community. I was more Q adjacent before hand.