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I'm a programmer and I see some similarities with programming systems.
Not a very good programming language. Every human generation contains, on average, about 60 mutations.
Over 25% of pregnancies end in miscarriage. Due, in part, to more severe "copying" errors.
How many errors are there in a 'sophisticated' programming language such as Windows 10? How fast does it become corrupt through copy errors and software/hardware glitches?
in what way is DNA binary? There are 4 letters that code for ~20 amino acids.I'm a programmer and I see some similarities with programming systems.
Pretty cool, imo.
- The data is binary.
- Error-correction is possible because each kind of "bit" (rung) is made of two distinct parts.
- Genes and their switches remind me of objects and their methods.
Each rung in the ladder is always either an adenine/thymine pair or a cytosine/guanine pair. There are no other combinations, so it's binary. The rungs remind me of "bits" in a computer storage system, which always have one of two possible states.in what way is DNA binary? There are 4 letters that code for ~20 amino acids.
DNA is not binaryI'm a programmer and I see some similarities with programming systems.
Pretty cool, imo.
- The data is binary.
- Error-correction is possible because each kind of "bit" (rung) is made of two distinct parts.
- Genes and their switches remind me of objects and their methods.
in what way is DNA binary? There are 4 letters that code for ~20 amino acids.
As I understand it, the rungs are interpreted in ways other than just amino acid coding. For example, they're used as switches, regulating the timing and amount of expression.in what way is DNA binary? There are 4 letters that code for ~20 amino acids.
As I understand it, the rungs are interpreted in ways other than just amino acid coding. For example, they're used as switches, regulating the timing and amount of expression.
How many errors are there in a 'sophisticated' programming language such as Windows 10?
How fast does it become corrupt through copy errors and software/hardware glitches?
I don't know the details, but apparently they regulate both the timing and amount of gene expression. Other switches are turned on and off specifically during fetal development.How are do these switches work? How does it compare to the mechanical switches you are comparing them to?
I don't know the details, but apparently they regulate both the timing and amount of gene expression. Other switches are turned on and off specifically during fetal development.
DNA is not binary. Reading along one strand, each position can be occupied by 4 different bases, so it's 2 bits per base. The fact the each of those bases will only pair with one possible other base on the complementary strand is irrelevant for storing information in the strand.Each rung in the ladder is always either an adenine/thymine pair or a cytosine/guanine pair. There are no other combinations, so it's binary. The rungs remind me of "bits" in a computer storage system, which always have one of two possible states.
Not only that, but the cell containing the DNA reminds me of a computer system.In this peer-reviewed publication they find the "redundancy of the genetic code enables translational pausing". Which alone is fascinating, but in reading about how they found this out was the interesting part:...
But isn't any single rung interpreted in only one way or another? For example, does the interpretation of an adenine/thymine rung depend on which side of the ladder the adenine is attached to? If yes, then the data interpretation is indeed base-4 instead of base-2. But that wasn't how I understood it (because I've been speaking of data interpretation).DNA is not binary. Reading along one strand, each position can be occupied by 4 different bases, so it's 2 bits per base. The fact the each of those bases will only pair with one possible other base on the complementary strand is irrelevant for storing information in the strand.
That's interesting, especially that the result is biologically important.But DNA isn't really digital, in fact. A triplet of bases may be a stop codon, for example, telling the protein translation machinery that the end of the protein has been reached, which seems like a digital coding analogous to a computer instruction. Except that, in some cases, the machinery will sometimes randomly read right through the stop codon, generating a longer protein that is also biologically important. A properly functioning digital computer has no analogous operation.
The answer is yes. TTT codes for a different amino acid than AAA (or AAT, etc).But isn't any single rung interpreted in only one way or another? For example, does the interpretation of an adenine/thymine rung depend on which side of the ladder the adenine is attached to? If yes, then the data interpretation is indeed base-4 instead of base-2. But that wasn't how I understood it (because I've been speaking of data interpretation).
Yes -- the system has digital aspects, but it's fundamentally chemistry, not an abstract computational process.That's interesting, especially that the result is biologically important.
As I understand it, the rungs are interpreted in ways other than just amino acid coding. For example, they're used as switches, regulating the timing and amount of expression.
But isn't any single rung interpreted in only one way or another? For example, does the interpretation of an adenine/thymine rung depend on which side of the ladder the adenine is attached to? If yes, then the data interpretation is indeed base-4 instead of base-2. But that wasn't how I understood it (because I've been speaking of data interpretation).
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