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Similar DNA Molecules Able to Recognize Each Other
Chroniton brings us a story about research into DNA which has shown that free-floating DNA strands are able to seek out similar strands without the assistance of other chemicals. From Imperial College London:
"The researchers observed the behaviour of fluorescently tagged DNA molecules in a pure solution. They found that DNA molecules with identical patterns of chemical bases were approximately twice as likely to gather together than DNA molecules with different sequences. Understanding the precise mechanism of the primary recognition stage of genetic recombination may shed light on how to avoid or minimise recombination errors in evolution, natural selection and DNA repair. This is important because such errors are believed to cause a number of genetically determined diseases including cancers and some forms of Alzheimer's, as well as contributing to ageing."
(They hate it when you do that.)
The World Wide Web is dying. Soon, we shall have only the Internet.
gang up to throw the nerdy molecules into their lockers?
Look on the bright side: in 2020 slashdot's DNA detector will scan all would-be posters and automatically discriminate against subjects possessing the Troll Gene(TM) and the evolution-defying 'Sh*t For Brains' condition. Elitist? Yes. Popular? Definitely.
Mind you, I for one'll need to undertake some wide-scale homologous recombos beteen now an then...
"He Who Dares Wins"
Two bosons walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second one says, "I'll have what he's having."
Is there a bad?
"What's the use of a good quotation if you can't change it?" - Doctor Who
get yer posts in now ... it's gonna get mighty quiet around here ...
...so much for Opposites Attract.
Take that Paula Abdul!
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