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    Re: butter/lesser

    Quote Originally Posted by Pythonfriend View Post
    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.
    Before I answer that, how do you define allele? What you call a gene is what I think most would call a DNA Sequence

    Quote Originally Posted by Pythonfriend View Post
    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.
    This is off topic, DNA is hardly binary, look into epigenetics, there may be the on/off switch but if it is on, there is basically a dial to control how much is expressed.
    Last edited by OhhWatALoser; 10-31-2013 at 05:43 PM.

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