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Does DNA contain digital information?

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Does DNA contain digital information?
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RE: Does DNA contain digital information?
August 16, 2011 at 10:27 am
Thanks for the replies so far guys. As I consider your explanations regarding DNA being likened to 'digital code' and the problems associated with using 'analogies', I have a few more questions:

Is the 'template' that DNA creates, 'information'?
Does Dna operate a real language?

(I'm assuming that 'code' and 'information' are the same thing ie a set of deliberately arranged data conveying a message e.g 'language')??

I understand that 'analogies' can only work so far, so is it possible to define the 'workings' of Dna in a way that is 'true' (for want of a better word)?


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Does DNA contain digital information? - by CoxRox - August 15, 2011 at 5:34 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by Tiberius - August 15, 2011 at 5:53 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by theVOID - August 16, 2011 at 7:33 am
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by Skeptic - August 15, 2011 at 5:57 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by Rayaan - August 16, 2011 at 7:46 am
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by theVOID - August 17, 2011 at 2:07 am
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by Anomalocaris - August 17, 2011 at 11:13 am
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by CoxRox - August 16, 2011 at 10:27 am
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by CoxRox - August 21, 2011 at 2:25 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by Kayenneh - August 16, 2011 at 11:06 am
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by downbeatplumb - August 16, 2011 at 12:44 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by CoxRox - August 16, 2011 at 4:32 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by Rayaan - August 16, 2011 at 6:38 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by Tiberius - August 21, 2011 at 2:46 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by CoxRox - August 21, 2011 at 3:46 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by CoxRox - August 21, 2011 at 3:27 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by CoxRox - August 21, 2011 at 3:53 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by CoxRox - August 21, 2011 at 4:12 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by CoxRox - August 21, 2011 at 4:29 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by CoxRox - August 21, 2011 at 4:50 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by CoxRox - August 21, 2011 at 5:26 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by CoxRox - August 26, 2011 at 4:51 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by CoxRox - August 21, 2011 at 5:37 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by CoxRox - August 22, 2011 at 2:43 pm
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by CoxRox - August 23, 2011 at 8:36 am
RE: Does DNA contain digital information? - by CoxRox - August 26, 2011 at 11:31 am

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