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What is the difference between how digital information encoded into a hard drive and how information is coded into DNA? It just seems strange to me how you are able to encode information/data into a physical object.
What is the difference between how digital information encoded into a hard drive and how information is coded into DNA? It just seems strange to me how you are able to encode information/data into a physical object.
What is the difference between how digital information encoded into a hard drive and how information is coded into DNA?
From my perspective (that is, not as a biologist), there is very little difference between the coding of DNA sequences and sequences of numbers stored on a hard drive.What is the difference between how digital information encoded into a hard drive and how information is coded into DNA?
It just seems strange to me how you are able to encode information/data into a physical object.
Exactly. When I write C-A-T, readers who are able to read English know that these symbols represent a feline animal (as one possible meaning).Does it seem strange to you to write information on a piece of paper?
What is the difference between how digital information encoded into a hard drive and how information is coded into DNA? It just seems strange to me how you are able to encode information/data into a physical object.
BTW, back in the 80s or so there was a movie titled "GATTACA" that had something to do with the nucleotides in DNA.
Who did the trailer narration[COLOR=#black].[/COLOR]?[COLOR=#black]. [/COLOR]BTW, back in the 80s or so there was a movie titled "GATTACA" that had something to do with the nucleotides in DNA.
If I recall correctly DNA uses Excess4 encoding, which used to be used ( :-) ) in encoder wheels for shaft angles. Excess4 gives one bit error correction.
If that's a joke, it's over my head. If not, it's still over my head.![]()