Talk:Biological dark matter

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My seach was inspired by the term being used to describe matter from a victim at a crime scene on the television show The First 48. The crime scene technician was questioned by an officer, about what it was, and she responded by saying, yes, that's biological matter. This was recollectively the first time that i have ever heard the term and/or usage. The only term, similar (only via description) to this one, has been 'gray matter'. Luki babi (talk) 04:14, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like the term "biological dark matter" is a non-scientific / informal expression that has several meanings in different fields and contexts in biology, so I will start revamping this article to cover them. For starters, I could identify some different contexts: Junk DNA (non-coding DNA), non-coding mRNA, microorganisms we can't grow in vitro; and the most recent paper: "uncategorized genetic material found in humans and in eleven species" (evolutionary horizontal gene transfer). The review of the literature will take several days/weeks. Any input will be welcome to present these different concepts. Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 17:58, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It would be better to have this article about a topic rather than listing every time "dark matter" is used in a biological context. The topic could be the most common definition. 69.86.6.150 (talk) 07:50, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It is not a defined object but an informal term; in addition, and it is used in several contexts so you cannot pick one arbitrary and exclude all other contexts. BatteryIncluded (talk) 15:31, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]