Exploring Genome's Junkyard In the Labyrinth of Evolution

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Exploring Genome's Junkyard: In the Labyrinth of Evolution narrates the progress of biological evolution, beginning with the conceptual introspection of genes and continuing with the contemporary understanding of the structural and functional aspects of the human genome. Recent advances in human genome research have led scientists to the term "biological dark matter", which refers to genetic material whose functionalities are not yet properly understood. Such "dark matter" has been recognized as non-coding, or "junk DNA", and non-coding RNA, which was thought to be devoid of protein encrypting potential but contained 98-99% of the human genome. The mysteries of missing genes from its "Dark DNA" region are a hotbed of recurrent mutations. Hence, the presence of "missing genes" in evolutionary sibling species has indicated that the "missing genes" are not really missing but rather hidden in the mutational hotbeds of "Dark DNA" where they have steered the continuation of life's evolutionary journey.

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Subir Ranjan Kundu is an academic, writer, and independent researcher in evolutionary biology, conservation biology, and molecular genetics. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Calcutta and is the author of six books and more than 50 articles in international journals. He is a life member of the Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata.