RE: The code that is DNA
December 9, 2019 at 4:28 pm
(This post was last modified: December 9, 2019 at 4:32 pm by Abaddon_ire.)
(December 9, 2019 at 9:22 am)polymath257 Wrote: But it *isn't* instructions that get decoded. For example, there is no stretch of DNA that describes how to build an arm. There is no stretch of DNA that tells how to build a stomach.This is something I cannot fathom. Where did the notion come from that Human DNA was a "blueprint" for building a whole human?
A better analogy would be a dumb Xerox for proteins. However, DNA is brilliant at reproducing itself. Xerox machines? Not so much.
ETA: When you think about it, if you put an printed page in a copier, the copy will include flaws from the copying. Marks on the glass, dust, reflection errors and so forth. A bit like DNA mutation.