[allmendream]

Well then, if it is a code then translate it for me.

Here is the translation of the Universal code. It is unambiguously a code in that it is a sequence that when fed through a key becomes useful information.

UUU Phenylalanine (Phe)
UCU Serine (Ser)
UAU Tyrosine (Tyr)
UGU Cysteine (Cys) U
UUC Phe
UCC Ser
UAC Tyr
UGC Cys C
UUA Leucine (Leu)
UCA Ser
UAA STOP
UGA STOP A
UUG Leu
UCG Ser
UAG STOP
UGG Tryptophan (Trp) G
CUU Leucine (Leu)
CCU Proline (Pro)
CAU Histidine (His)
CGU Arginine (Arg) U
CUC Leu
CCC Pro
CAC His
CGC Arg C
CUA Leu
CCA Pro
CAA Glutamine (Gln)
CGA Arg A
CUG Leu
CCG Pro
CAG Gln
CGG Arg G
AUU Isoleucine (Ile)
ACU Threonine (Thr)
AAU Asparagine (Asn)
AGU Serine (Ser) U
AUC Ile
ACC Thr
AAC Asn
AGC Ser C
AUA Ile
ACA Thr
AAA Lysine (Lys)
AGA Arginine (Arg) A
AUG Methionine (Met) or START
ACG Thr
AAG Lys
AGG Arg G
GUU Valine Val
GCU Alanine (Ala)
GAU Aspartic acid (Asp)
GGU Glycine (Gly) U
GUC (Val)
GCC Ala
GAC Asp
GGC Gly C
GUA Val
GCA Ala
GAA Glutamic acid (Glu)
GGA Gly A
GUG Val
GCG Ala
GAG Glu
GGG Gly

So either concede that none of these other ‘codes’ are a code in the same sense, or show me the translation of the code. If there is no code to decipher then perhaps the same sense of the word ‘code’ is not applicable.

[BlueDragon]

You sure are stuck in a rut, aren't you? Cannot give up [just a teeny tinsy bit!] what you have been taught as being dogma. Then you want me to take a test, that fits only your own narrow confines..? Oh, and if I don't, it proves something? HA. It proves nothing, not in the context of this conversation we've been having.

The link [that has been] provided describes how the understanding has gone beyond the 1970s–1980s definition of Gene(s) as open reading frame (ORF) sequence pattern, which the coding "test" you wish to force me to take, assumes is still the case!

Didn't you read the info? C'mon man, get up to speed!

And quite arguing with me, just for the sake of arguing, for pete's sake! READ what those currently in-the-know, right at the cutting edge of things are saying, whydontcha?

If you were to actually do that, with an open mind, this silly argument would END.

If your mind was open enough to it, you might even come back and apologize...

[GodGunsGuts]

==Allmendream writes: “Here is the translation of the Universal code....(and from another reply)...The epigenetic code is insufficient to explain large scale evolutionary change.”

Please note that we now know that (A) the “Universal Code” is not universal (B) many cellular functions lie outside the “Universal Code” (C) and that these functions “contribute greatly to phenotype.”

From Wikipedia (sorry Metom, I know how much you love Wikipedia):

Because the vast majority of genes are encoded with exactly the same code (see #RNA codon table), this particular code is often referred to as the canonical or standard genetic code, or simply the genetic code, though in fact there are many variant codes; thus, the canonical genetic code is not universal. For example, in humans, protein synthesis in mitochondria relies on a genetic code that varies from the canonical code.

It is important to know that not all genetic information is stored as the genetic code. All organisms’ DNA contain regulatory sequences, intergenic segments, chomosomal structural areas, which can contribute greatly to phenotype but operate using a distinct sets of rules which may or may not be as straightforward as the well-defined codon-to-amino acid paradigm which underlies the genetic code.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_%28biology%29