Supinder’s Reviews > Junk DNA: A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome > Status Update

Carey introduces the concept of endogenous retroviruses (ERV) and how sections of junk DNA repeat. Carey begins each concept by referring to an easy to understand analogy (Trading Places movie starting Eddie Murphy!). HOX gene region of the chromosome has a distinct lack of these gene repeat sections, HOX is crucial in dictating cellular chronology of developing organs.