(May 7, 2016 at 9:32 am)bennyboy Wrote: I was reading this:
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/04/health...index.html
And it got me to thinking. . . there must be a genetic pattern for a "toe," and then a counter of some type. So you could arbitrarily (I assume) program a DNA sequence to have any number of toes or fingers, and yet, magically, they "turn out." The baby's toes all look good, he's just got the wrong number of them.
In other words, the human body actually isn't completely represented in the DNA, but as a sequence of instructions ABOUT a human body-- for example, how many toes it should have.
Stuff to think about.
Fascinating stuff how cells grow together to form tissues and organs. Each new creature self assembles following the same basic process of growth. Variations resulting in changes to how many and how large each part shall be somehow accounts for all the variety we see. Cool beans.
