butter/lesser

[Pythonfriend]

There is no evidence of any of the morphs in the BEL complex not being the same gene, I mean gene as in the real definition not the laymen way we normally use it. They are all alleles which by definition is a variation of the same gene. The only morphs we know of that appear to be even being remotely close but not alleles are leopard and pied.

my definition of gene is something like: a piece of DNA that does something.

and my definition of two genes being the same: the two pieces of DNA are the same, i mean, identical.

i dont see how two pieces of DNA that clearly and consistently do different things could be the same.

these are laymens terms, but am i wrong? if yes, how? DNA is digital information, in the case of binary code they are the same if they are the same, lol, i mean, when two strings of binary are identical they are identical. and with DNA its similar.

What am i missing, what do you mean, how could the definition of gene be different, and how could the definition for "the same" be different?

i really dont get it and would like to know. also im 100% certain that if you sequence snake genomes and pinpoint the location of the BEL genes and sequence some het russos and some lessers, they will have a different sequence of DNA at this place, and the fact that they are in the same place doesnt change the fact that the code just isnt the same.

XYZ is the same as XYZ. and VWX is different to XYZ. now you say VWX and XYZ could be the same. and i get a brain freeze, it doesnt compute, but then i know you are an absolute expert.


EDIT: okay, if you have one gene, and it mutates, lets say just a point mutation, one base pair is off, then its different. because 1234567890 is not identical to 1234467890. and if a diferent snake gets a different mutation, lets say its then 1234667890, that will be different from either of the other two.