#biology # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought # Related - [[Computing/DNA computing]] - [[Computing/DNA vs blockchain]] - [[Biology/Genetic optimisation]] - [[Biology/Evolution/Meiosis]] - [[Biology/Biology]] # DNA Just like how DNA contains the instructions for building and maintaining living organisms, a recipe book contains the instructions for cooking a dish. The ingredients in a recipe book correspond to the nucleotides in DNA, while the specific combination and arrangement of ingredients correspond to the specific sequences and structures of DNA. Mutations in DNA can be compared to errors in the recipe book, which can result in the wrong dish or even a disastrous outcome if not corrected. Similarly, errors in DNA can lead to genetic disorders or diseases. Just as how understanding DNA has led to advancements in medicine, understanding recipes and cooking techniques can lead to better dishes and culinary innovations. ![[Pasted image 20230325073757.png]] >The filament of DNA is information, a message written in a code of chemicals, one chemical for each letter. >~ [[Biology/Matt Ridley|Ridley]] >And that recipe has two copies of everything, always, in case one copy is broken. Imagine two long rows of pieces of paper. At each place in the row, there are two pieces of paper, and when you have children, your body selects one piece of paper at random from each place in the row, and the mother’s body will do the same, and so the child also gets two pieces of paper at each place in the row. >~ [[Eliezer Yudkowsky]] ## DNA to [[mRNA]] to [[Biology/Macromolecule/Protein|Protein]] ![[Pasted image 20230325074409.png]] ## Links https://fermatslibrary.com/s/a-5700-year-old-human-genome-and-oral-microbiome-from-chewed-birch-pitch