Comments on: The New Genome

By: oldcola

oldcola — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:44:09 +0000

See Carl? Even Denyse O’Leary found it interesting

By: Larry Moran

Larry Moran — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:17:34 +0000

“A gene is a DNA sequence that is transcribed to produce a functional product.” [What Is a Gene?]

Glad I could help. Send the check to my home address.

By: oldcola

oldcola — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:10:56 +0000

You lost me here Carl! Not as great as usual your paper

Maybe some things have to be straightened-up in a new one.

By: They Imprint Your Genes, Your Mum and Dad | The Loom | Discover Magazine

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:46:52 +0000

[...] I wrote in my story in the New York Times today, much of your DNA is shut down by molecules collectively [...]

By: Hypocrite? Moi? | The Loom | Discover Magazine

Hypocrite? Moi? | The Loom | Discover Magazine — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:43:37 +0000

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By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:14:00 +0000

Few years ago, our professor asked us ‘What is a gene’? I did a lot of web surfing. One of the interesting and unique definitions I have come across which throws a entirely different light on the argument is the one given by Dawkins in ‘The Selfish Gene’:

” The gene is defined as a piece of chromosome which is sufficiently short for it to last, potentially, for long enough for it to function as a significant unit of natural selection.”