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On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Richard Brodie wrote:
>Robin wrote:
>
><<The meme is what behaviour and
>brain-stored info have in common that allows the continuous cycling between
>them.>>
>
>The would you say that a gene is what organisms and nucleic information have
>in common that allows the continuous cycling between them?
Certainly not! Genes would be like memes only if the nucleic information
that's passed to offspring derived directly and entirely from the structure of
the parent organism. Ie, genotype->phenotype->genotype. As I said, there is no
actual encoding stage for genes, no phenotype->genotype transformation.
>What word do you
>use to describe the stretch of DNA that, if changed, has a phenotypic
>effect?
I think there's no great harm in using "gene" there, but it's loose usage,
because it takes the decoding mechanism forgranted. As for what I would use,
if speaking strictly, then probably something like "the stretch of DNA that,
if changed, has a phenotypic effect".
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