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In the beginning, even before I read the article I was opinionated and thought that yes, almost all of our DNA is junk. This conclusion can allude to my genetics course which also instilled this theory in my head. Nevertheless, after reading about different research and studies I am not as strongly biased anymore. I still believe that a majority of our genome does not do anything, but also some of the non-coding regions are as important for development and survival as the coding regions are. The RNA molecules from the Rinn experiment made me change my mind about why this “junk DNA” is important. I really liked the explanation that Rin gave about “genomic origami.” He mentioned how in every cell you have the same genome (piece of paper) but depending on how you fold it you can make a hat or a plane out of the same piece of