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> yet the human genome turns out to contain only 20,000 or so genes (roughly the same number of genes as a fruit fly or nematode worm). So the amount of static
by smitty1e 6y ago
> yet the human genome turns out to contain only 20,000 or so genes (roughly the same number of genes as a fruit fly or nematode worm).
So the amount of static data isn't a full measure of the question of life.
Protein folding, anyone?
- arrosenberg 6y agoClose, but not quite - more likely that DNA transcription occurs at multiple sites on the same genetic code allowing for different reads/proteins.
- smitty1e 6y agoThere needn't be a single answer.
- ravi-delia 6y agoAn enormous amount of it comes from development, just the physical and chemical interactions of lots of dumb components making a pretty complicated whole.
- approaching236 6y agoCompression is weird. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov_complexity https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov_complexity