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DNA Goes Binary

Posted by michael on from the speak-l337 dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Chemists in the United States have constructed the simplest possible genetic language. Like Morse or binary code, it has only two letters - but it can orchestrate some of the basic molecular reactions needed for life to evolve."

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  2. DNA of Famous People by Jugalator · · Score: 5, Funny

    Normal human
    A, T, G, C.

    Bill Gates
    A, B, C, D, E, F, G, ... oh, you get the picture.

    Linus Torvalds
    A and T only, since G can be encoded with an AT pair and C with TA. Consequently, G and C are redundant if we allow a special escape character between the codes, such as A|T|AT|TA. Thereby, we save one code since only three would be required in total.

    Average /.-er
    1 and 0.

    Average /. Editor
    A, A, T, T, G, G, C and C.

    Ellen Feiss
    0.

    The people of SOVIET RUSSIA
    C, G, T and A.

    Hilary Rosen
    D, M, C and A.

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