Definitely not:-"The finding, published online today in Nature, overturns the notion that this repetitive, non-coding DNA, popularly called "junk" DNA, is necessary for life."- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/05/scienceshot-carnivorous-plant-ej.html?ref... article:-http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature12132.html-More complete commentary:-http://phys.org/news/2013-05-carnivorous-bladderwort-genome-contradicts-notion.html