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Keep in mind that each of those neurons has over 10k genes and hundreds if not thousands are going to be expressed at any given time. Each cell is very complica
by IndianAstronaut 11y ago
Keep in mind that each of those neurons has over 10k genes and hundreds if not thousands are going to be expressed at any given time. Each cell is very complicated.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoIt's incredibly sad that they don't talk more in high school about DNA methylation and genetic expression in general. Or at least they didn't when I was a high-schooler. It changes the perspective on DNA - from being "the recipe of life, your entire source code" to "list of functions that may or may not be active, depending on other functions, environment and whatever is or is not active in the parent mechanism that does the cell replication (hidden state; c.f. Reflections on Trusting Trust)".
- IndianAstronaut 11y agoThe analogy to a computer is a good one. A computer may have lots of software. Installed, but only some of it is used. Sometimes the software interacts with each other.