This does work as a proof that as regards DNA, it's completely specified by sequence, and you can get away with chucking out any epigenetic factors
Thank you. Yes, that's roughly what I was thinking, though without the vocabulary to express it. Like, the difference between writing a program for a completely new computer chip, and thinking that it ought to work, and actually RUNNING it and seeing that it DOES work. Except that for a chip, you have a manual that says if there's any weird settings you have to get right, whereas for DNA and cells, you don't have that...
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Date: 2010-06-03 01:27 pm (UTC)Thank you. Yes, that's roughly what I was thinking, though without the vocabulary to express it. Like, the difference between writing a program for a completely new computer chip, and thinking that it ought to work, and actually RUNNING it and seeing that it DOES work. Except that for a chip, you have a manual that says if there's any weird settings you have to get right, whereas for DNA and cells, you don't have that...