[FastCoyote]

no, the antibodies I don't believe have a fixed number of prordained shapes they fit to, instead they have an A and B portion, one of which is not stably encoded and so might essentially be considered a quickly mutating protein, sort of like HIV quickly mutates.

But this is a long time ago to remember, so one of us needs to take the time to look it up. If I get time, I will.

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no, the antibodies I don't believe have a fixed number of prordained shapes they fit to, instead they have an A and B portion, one of which is not stably encoded and so might essentially be considered a quickly mutating protein, sort of like HIV quickly mutates.

It certainly is a very interesting subject of which we all wish we had more time to explore! I did find this article The Origin of Biological Information and the Higher Taxonomic Categories By: Stephen C. Meyer. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. September 29, 2004

I barely had time myself to skim over over it right now.

In fact, by the time I get back to Freeperland again this post will just be history but I'll check and see if anyone answered any other of my questions. God Bless us every one!