From the Junk Rise the ORFans

By evolgen on April 26, 2006.

Ian Musgrave has a good summary of genes appearing from non-coding DNA (ORFans) on the Panda's Thumb. I have written about ORFans here and here (dude's gotta link to himself sometimes). Ian's post is targeted at some claims made by the creationist Paul Nelson, but he focuses more on the science that on the ignorant blowhard.

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