Anniversaries and Potty Chairs

Saturday marked the one year anniversary of Junk DNA. You can read my very first post here. It's what the name of this blog is all about. To be honest, I'm a little surprised that I was able to keep it up this long. I'm sure that it has something to do with the community that has unexpectedly popped up around it. I am so humbled by all of the people who read this (I really only thought my parents would) and leave such kind comments. Some of you I've never actually met, but I feel like we're friends anyway. So cool. And for those of you who don't leave comments, thanks for reading and do leave a comment sometime. I'd like to get to know you too.

Ok, enough of the gushy stuff. Here's a video of the kiddo from Saturday. We got her a potty chair. I know that it's probably a little early to start potty training, but she seems to be getting the hang of it. This is completely uncharted territory for me, so if you have any suggestions, let me know.

Junk DNA

Currently, scientists have only been able to determine the function of approximately 5% of the DNA sequences in the human genome (or any other specie's genome for that matter). They call this part of the sequence coding DNA and they have discovered many amazing uses for it. The function of the other 95% of the sequence, affectionately called junk DNA,  has yet to be identified. Some people believe that this sequence ultimately has no function. However, there is mounting evidence to suggest that  junk DNA is indeed functional. We just haven't figured out how to break the code yet. Either way, it's interesting to think about why we would carry around so much non-coding DNA and what secretes of the universe could potentially be hiding there.