Russell McMahon wrote:
> Don't have references to hand.
> But even you should strongly suspect summat's aglae when Humans report
> in at around 30,000 genes and Mustrad Grass at about 25,000.
> I suggest that if you are offended by the suggestion that the best
> counter is to produce two or three good solid references that clearly
> contradict it.
> Something along the lines of "The results of the human genome project
> have confirmed what has long been taken for granted - the
> characteristics of every living thing are completely defined solely by
> the contents of their DNA...". Would need to be originated post HGP.
> Good luck.

I don't understand what the heck you're trying to say here.  If there was a
mention of a mechanism that defines the physical makeup of an animal beyond
its genome, I didn't see it.

> Drivel, never made it to doggerel.

Whatever that means...

> How can I express it.
> We could start with atg, and stop with a tag (not html) or taa, or tga
> too.
> It's all in the introns - or is it :-)
> The centromere all seemed so clear.
> What seemed like many appeared quite few, when Ventner gave a closer
> view.
> At 30,000 , give or take, we're not far off mere mustard grass.
> (Arabidopsis thaliana if you wish, but me, I'll pass),
> 20% less genes makes such a jump
> Where one is you, the other grass.

Huh?

I'm still waiting to hear a reasoned scientific argument where the
additional information for the physical makeup of an organism comes from
other than its genome, let a lone a sufficiently strong case to justify the
"for sure" rating of your statement.

Really Russell, if I didn't know better from your many other posts, I'd
conclude from this you were just a troll.


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