Nonbacterial DNA

Bacterial DNA, which is easy to work with, is densely packed with meaningful genes. However DNA in non-bacterial cells was found to have many "introns", or non-functional sections. This discovery raises questions about the purpose of noncoding DNA.
 Richard Roberts and Phil Sharp United States 1977 Nonbacterial DNA

Bacterial DNA, which is easy to work with, is densely packed with meaningful genes. However DNA in non-bacterial cells was found to have many "introns", or non-functional sections. This discovery raises questions about the purpose of noncoding DNA.