Talk:Non-coding DNA/Archive 2

Archive 1

Archive 2

Karyotype image

Mikael Häggström has created a pretty image showing the G-band pattern of human chromosomes. He has inserted this image into a large number of articles including this one. The chromosome icons are from the Ensemble website (see Human karyogram).

This is an article about non-coding DNA. It is not restricted to non-coding DNA in humans even though the topic is relevant to discussions about the human genome. I don't think this karyotype image should be prominently displayed on the top page of this article because it has nothing to do with noncoding DNA or noncoding genes. Genome42 (talk) 21:23, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the input. I've now moved the image to a subsection, and better explained its relationship to non-coding DNA. Mikael Häggström (talk) 23:55, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

@Mikael Häggström. Thank-you for moving the karyotype image. I would still prefer to delete it but if we are going to keep it then I suggest we improve the caption. I suggest the following: "The images are a cartoon version of the G-banding patterns seen when human metaphase chromosomes are stained. Other published representations of these patterns differ from the ones show here. The G-bands have no particular significance with respect to non-coding DNA since 99% of the DNA in these chromosomes is non-coding."Genome42 (talk) 18:39, 24 February 2023 (UTC)