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> I deeply believed that organisms share the same basic set of genes. Many groups of organisms do. All organisms is a tall order, if you think about it.
by 0xfeba 10y ago
> I deeply believed that organisms share the same basic set of genes.
Many groups of organisms do. All organisms is a tall order, if you think about it.
- jhoechtl 10y agoThe more I think about that the more makes me believe that the Genome is not the smallest order which defines "life". Maybe all is hidden behind getting blurry because of Heisebergs uncertainty principle.
- alextheparrot 10y agoIf you consider the genome to be information, life is effectively the process that information supports by encoding a method to accomplish the process. Replicating and using energy in a coordinated manner are two processes of life, but their information-based encoding can differ significantly based on the method used.
- Florin_Andrei 10y agoIt's the process of making things work in a cell. Turns out, there are more than one encoding for how to make that happen.