Dammit, why do flacks crafting press releases about new findings still use the term "junk DNA"? 1/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/sf-nco052419.php …
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They do it even though they know it's wrong: "The analysis predicted the ramifications of genetic mutations in parts of the genome that do not encode proteins, regions often mischaracterized as 'junk' DNA." 2/
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Such sloppy use of terminology is custom-made to allow cranks like the antivaxers at
@AgeofAutism to mischaracterize the finding. 3/https://www.ageofautism.com/2019/05/junk-science-gets-to-root-of-autism-its-spontaneous.html …1 reply 2 retweets 6 likesShow this thread
End of rant about another pet peeve of mine in science reporting. 4/4
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