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Compressed Representation edit
Does anyone have information about the recent news that DNA is in a compressed form and that the "junk" is actually part of the decompression mechanics? (kind of like a zip file) That would be an important addition to this article. Actually, it makes sense that the genome would be in the most compressed state to make reproduction efficient.
Semi-protected edit request on 16 November 2022 edit
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Under "Base Pairing"
add: (or "Watson–Crick–Franklin") to "Watson-Crick base pair", to match current terminology in DNA science. Vecchionis (talk) 18:17, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
- Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Actualcpscm (talk) 23:09, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
- Reviewers laud authors for updating the terminology of the base pair to "Watson-Crick-Franklin" in the ACS journal "Biochemistry".
- https://twitter.com/chembioBryan/status/1116340311817629696
- https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01101 Kerri9494 (talk) 19:55, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
Editing. edit
Hey. Can I edit this page. Because I want to make it simpler. 129.126.35.127 (talk) 00:54, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
"first sequencing of DNA from animal remains": seems to be wrong as stated. edit
Section "Evolution" says
- In February 2021, scientists reported, for the first time, the sequencing of DNA from animal remains, a mammoth in this instance over a million years old, the oldest DNA sequenced to date.
Haven't scientists have been sequencing DNA from animal remains for quite a while before 2021?
Should this say something like "scientists reported, for the first time, the sequencing of DNA from subfossil animal remains" or "the sequencing of DNA from the remains of an extinct animal" or something along those lines?
- 189.60.49.251 (talk) 04:57, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
Book "How Life Works" (2023) worth considering? edit
A review by scientist Denis Noble of a new book entitled "How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology" (2023) by Philip Ball (editor of the journal Nature) may be worth considering?[1] - iac - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 04:40, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
References
- ^ Noble, Denis (5 February 2024). "Book Review of "How Life Works: A User's Guide to the New Biology" by Philip Ball, Pan Macmillan (2023) - It's time to admit that genes are not the blueprint for life - The view of biology often presented to the public is oversimplified and out of date. Scientists must set the record straight, argues a new book". Nature. 626: 254–255. doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00327-x. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.