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Just note that DNA itself is code and completely useless without an interpreter/compiler. The DNA is just a storage mechanism, the true complexity relies on the
by achille 12y ago
Just note that DNA itself is code and completely useless without an interpreter/compiler. The DNA is just a storage mechanism, the true complexity relies on the cell.
See: http://ds9a.nl/amazing-dna/ http://ds9a.nl/amazing-dna/
If we lost all cells but had DNA, we could not do anything with it. The same way that source code is useless if you don't have a compiler.
- SapphireSun 12y agoToo bad they didn't test RNA... self replicating RNA doesn't need a compiler. ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viroid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viroid (possible relics from the theoretical RNA world still around today)
- lambdaphage 12y agoRNA is highly unstable.