From what I understand they discovered Daylight Donuts first...
The trek to Daylight Donuts was a ritual that happened several nights a week while at WSU. If you were anywhere on or near campus, the aroma of fresh donuts being made at midnight made it impossible to ignore. We would convince ourselves that if we “jogged” down, the calories wouldn’t matter! Then with bag of donuts in hand, we’d slowly make our way back up the hill savoring every last bite.
>> spatial grammar
grammar in technology generally concerns concrete rules of formation opposed to spoken grammar that can vary wildly having similar semantic formations.
Oh my. They’re just figuring this out? Some people already did. One was a friend/roomate of mine. But he was not connected enough so was ignored by major publications. This was back in the 1990’s.
After he explained some basics, I filled in some blanks regarding how digital encoding works. He was a genetics nerd. I’m a math nerd. Turns out they overlap.
He did end up getting a PhD based on reverse transcription.
DNA codes, or the genetic code, are made up of the sequence of four nucleotide bases in DNA: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T).
Basically it’s a matching binary code. Aka one strand of DNA seta forth one code and the other sets forth the matching code. Example: 10011100 matches 01100011.
Won’t bother with the links but they define value of point, distance to the next point, and twist/torsion. This is how the code builds proteins.
I’m way over simplifying but that should show the general points.
Nodding my head and pretending I understood that...
Good solid molecular biological research, but this article is PR office hyperbole.
It’s confirming and providing specific examples of decades old theory.
Bkmk
Those naughty genes getting all randy!
Great! Now we FReepers are going to have to deal with constant complaints and pedantic corrections from DNA Grammar Nazis, too!
Regards,
Hey everybody! DNA gots punctuation!
ATG TAT CAG GGA TGA?
ATG GAC TTA TGA!
Know what I mean? Know what I mean? winkwink:nudgenudge...
In Jasper Fford’s “Thursday Next” novels people were building chimera in home genetic labs. This brings that fantasy one step closer to reality.
PS: it also shows up in his nursery crime novels.
Evolution. Is there anything it can’t do? ;)
Unlike Free Republic, DNA has no grammar police
““Spatial grammar” refers to a recently discovered concept in genetics that describes how the positioning of transcription factors within DNA influences gene activity. This breakthrough reveals that the function of transcription factors, which control gene expression, is highly dependent on their spatial arrangement relative to the gene’s transcription start site12.
For example, a transcription factor might activate gene expression when positioned upstream (ahead) of where a gene’s transcription begins but inhibit its activity when located downstream (after the start site)2. This discovery adds a new layer of complexity to our understanding of gene regulation and could have significant implications for genetic research and disease treatment1.”
A well known fact. Look up “duons” for more evidence of tertiary “codes” found in the genetic structures.
For more fun look up “codon wobble” and “degenerate codons”
There is also the element of time involved because some of the genetic code has to be opened up and available during the transciption activity and at the correct spatial position.
Oh, yeah...forgot...the system must have evolved by time and chance due to “random” mutations....but stone arrowheads found in a stream didn’t.
Red blood cells
Pollen
Penicillin fungus on bread
Intestinal microvilli
Tomato leaf cells
Seems like another layer for encoding information. Remarkable how clever this stuff is.
