I just love molecular biology and the biology of evolution.
First, I need to acknowledge what a debt I owe to my biology teacher in college. She made cellular biology so much fun and interesting! One of my colleagues at the office called me on my nerdy love of the subject when I mentioned that some scientists theorize that most DNA appears to be viral in nature. In other words, it appears likely that an important engine of evolution (hey, it's biology, you can't do that without Darwin) is viruses and the genetic errors they create.
This is part of the fascinating study of viruses and retroviruses. Are they truly life? After all, a virus is little more than a protein plug that bumps into a compatible cell's socket, then injects DNA or RNA into the cell to hijack the cellular programming to create new viruses rather than new cell parts or whatever.
Isn't it interesting how our current understanding of biology just happens to use metaphors from, information processing, the dominant technology subject of our time?
CDs listened to today:
First, I need to acknowledge what a debt I owe to my biology teacher in college. She made cellular biology so much fun and interesting! One of my colleagues at the office called me on my nerdy love of the subject when I mentioned that some scientists theorize that most DNA appears to be viral in nature. In other words, it appears likely that an important engine of evolution (hey, it's biology, you can't do that without Darwin) is viruses and the genetic errors they create.
This is part of the fascinating study of viruses and retroviruses. Are they truly life? After all, a virus is little more than a protein plug that bumps into a compatible cell's socket, then injects DNA or RNA into the cell to hijack the cellular programming to create new viruses rather than new cell parts or whatever.
Isn't it interesting how our current understanding of biology just happens to use metaphors from, information processing, the dominant technology subject of our time?
CDs listened to today:
- Love And Rockets: (eponymous)
- Cuong Vu: Vu-Tet
- Sarah Hopkins: Cello Chi
- Nirvana: In Utero
- Nick Didkovsky: Amalia's Secret
- Paula Diehl: Right Of Way
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