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Where in our dna are instincts coded?

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Where in our dna are instincts coded?
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Where in our dna are instincts coded?
December 4, 2018 at 6:12 am (This post was last modified: December 4, 2018 at 6:14 am by ignoramus.)
We may have mapped most animal's genomes, but I don't think we have any idea what 80-90% of the junk dna is for?
Like the gif below and eg: new born sea turtles scrambling straight for the sea within minutes of being born so as to not get eaten.
Same as eg: deer, wild horses, giraffes etc, desperately trying to standup and follow mother within a few hours of being born for the same reasons.

Then again the question should be: do we even know what it would look like in the genome even if we found it?
Innate knowledge is probably only a tiny % of dna programming of a complex animal we aren't familiar with. We have lots to learn.

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RE: Where in our dna are instincts coded?
December 4, 2018 at 7:05 am
We've known of evolution for less than two hundred years. I was in Uni when they were mapping the human genome.

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RE: Where in our dna are instincts coded?
December 4, 2018 at 10:25 am
(December 4, 2018 at 6:12 am)ignoramus Wrote: We may have mapped most animal's genomes, but I don't think we have any idea what 80-90% of the junk dna is for?
Like the gif below and eg: new born sea turtles scrambling straight for the sea within minutes of being born so as to not get eaten.
Same as eg: deer, wild horses, giraffes etc, desperately trying to standup and follow mother within a few hours of being born for the same reasons.

Then again the question should be: do we even know what it would look like in the genome even if we found it?
Innate knowledge is probably only a tiny % of dna programming of a complex animal we aren't familiar with. We have lots to learn.

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It seems highly most innate neurologically driven behavior are directly coded into dedicated segments of the DNA. Instead, a large number of different segments, each playing multiple roles by interacting with different other sets of genes, play roles in configuring the brain with innate behavior drivers.
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RE: Where in our dna are instincts coded?
December 4, 2018 at 10:29 am
"It seems highly [something?] most innate neurologically driven behavior are directly coded into dedicated segments of the DNA."
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RE: Where in our dna are instincts coded?
December 4, 2018 at 1:19 pm (This post was last modified: December 4, 2018 at 1:20 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The other way to look at it, is that "instinct" is not actually "coded" in dna...but that the structure of a brain (or any body) constrains what responses are most likely if confronted with a specific stimulus.  In this, instinct is not a list of things to do, but the sum of things most likely to happen in a given circumstance for a brain or body so constructed. So, why flight in fight or flight? Because having wings makes you strongly preferential to their use.
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RE: Where in our dna are instincts coded?
December 4, 2018 at 1:23 pm
In the basics.
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RE: Where in our dna are instincts coded?
December 4, 2018 at 4:00 pm
I think in my fathers testicle (he only had one). I'll have to ask my son what he thinks.
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RE: Where in our dna are instincts coded?
December 4, 2018 at 4:01 pm
(December 4, 2018 at 10:29 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: "It seems highly [something?] most innate neurologically driven behavior are directly coded into dedicated segments of the DNA."

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RE: Where in our dna are instincts coded?
December 8, 2018 at 1:26 am
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