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Searching for Life's Blueprints

Makarand writes "If the claims made by the accomplished biophysicist Andras Pellionisz hold any water, life's blueprints may indeed be in fractal patterns found in the DNA. In a human, genes constitute only around 2-3% of the total DNA (the exons). The rest of the non-genic DNA (called introns) play a role that has not yet been understood and some have even suggested that these may merely be evolutionary leftovers. Removal of this "junk-DNA", however, has been proven to be lethal. The introns, he claims, may have the "building construction blueprints" in the form of fractal patterns that the exons use to build living tissue. A patent application covering attempts to count, measure and compare the fractal properties of introns for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes has been made. He hopes his patent will help him launch his company and make it a key player in this field."

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  1. just questions by lain-of-the-weird · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    QUESTIONS:

    1.) Why can't evolution and mathematics and genetics be a part of God's creation and beauty?

    2.) Which god/goddesses/deities/frogs/religions are you talking about?

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