Tuesday, October 7, 2014

No. You don't understand genetics

Unless you're a geneticist anyway. And even then it seems understanding is a quite limited word.

You're a smart, technically apt, curious person? You don't believe me and want proof? Here's a single statistic.
The wheat genome consists of 17 billion (yes, with a 'b') bases. That is, apparently, 5 times more than the human genome. What, you thought you were more complex than wheat? Not at the genetic level, bub.

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