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Dr Jack
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Message 8 of 20 (655159)
03-08-2012 3:38 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by RAZD
03-07-2012 6:08 PM


Sequencing != decoded, or deciphered for that matter
Sorry, pet peeve. It really annoys me when people describe genome sequencing as "decoding" or "deciphering"; it's nothing of the sort.
This is cool though. The rate at which we're sequencing new genomes is going to usher in a radical new era of biology.

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Dr Jack
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Message 11 of 20 (655190)
03-08-2012 1:45 PM
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03-08-2012 6:45 AM


Re: Sequencing ≠ decoded, or deciphered for that matter
Hi RAZD
peek at ≠
I know how to do ≠, I just don't generally bother. I was a C++ programmer for a very long time, after all
Yeah, it's rooted in the thought of DNA being a code rather than a recipe, and thus encourages poor thinking.
DNA is neither a code nor a recipe; both are wildly inaccurate analogies. In any case, it wasn't really that which got my goat; it's that sequencing does very little to actually increase our understanding of the genome. It's the work that follows that does that.
And the more apes added the more fascinating will be the evidence. Any idea where they are with gibbons, siamangs?
No idea. But a quick search turned up this which you can trawl through to find out.

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Message 14 of 20 (655198)
03-08-2012 3:11 PM
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03-08-2012 2:53 PM


Re: Sequencing ≠ decoded, or deciphered for that matter
Exciting indeed, did you read the pdf of the rationale?

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