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Posted 18 December 2007 - 11:18 PM
Does it help give structure to the genome to keep it stable?
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Posted 19 December 2007 - 12:44 AM
Interesting thought, but no, the chemistry of the base pairs and the sugar skeleton, and the helper proteins (if I'm recalling correctly, there are proteins that help the DNA "figure out" how to coil and then super coil into the familiar chromosome structure; but that's only during cell division, the rest of the time it's lazy and just lays all over the nucleus) take care of that.
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Posted 19 December 2007 - 09:34 AM
I was curious enough that I ended up just looking it up on wiki, but since I cheated and don't really understand what I was reading anyway, I'll leave this question to someone else.
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Posted 24 December 2007 - 11:53 PM
Well, I have no idea, but the thread seems to be dying off again, so maybe Zoo could give us a hint for those who lack in knowledge about how we work?
#: ssh God@Heaven.org
Password: CurvedSpace
/God> rm *
The BEST error message ever: "Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive."
Password: CurvedSpace
/God> rm *
The BEST error message ever: "Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive."
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Posted 25 December 2007 - 04:30 AM
Heh, sorry, my mind really sucks right now. I was thinking (the day of the last reply) "I'll give them 'til tomorrow", and then it was gone.
Hint... hmm... not quite sure how to hint without giving it away. I'll go with "interaction". You might have to poke me, but I'll give the answer (or another clue if you're feeling masochistic) if that doesn't help.
And I'll also say for this question if you can look it up and understand it enough to give me a (at least semi-) correct answer, go for it.
Hint... hmm... not quite sure how to hint without giving it away. I'll go with "interaction". You might have to poke me, but I'll give the answer (or another clue if you're feeling masochistic) if that doesn't help.
And I'll also say for this question if you can look it up and understand it enough to give me a (at least semi-) correct answer, go for it.
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Posted 27 December 2007 - 11:01 PM
I'll end the torment . There's evidence that at least part of "junk DNA" is regulatory -- helping genes know when to turn on and off, modifying output, stuff like that.
Whoever wants to take it, go ahead.
. There's evidence that at least part of "junk DNA" is regulatory -- helping genes know when to turn on and off, modifying output, stuff like that.Whoever wants to take it, go ahead.
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Posted 28 December 2007 - 06:30 PM
QUOTE(Bigrat2 @ Dec 28 2007, 12:03 AM) 
Yep, because it's easy to catch a cold.
Haha, your turn.
Haha, your turn.
Bad Joke Ratty, very very bad.
#: ssh God@Heaven.org
Password: CurvedSpace
/God> rm *
The BEST error message ever: "Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive."
Password: CurvedSpace
/God> rm *
The BEST error message ever: "Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive."
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Posted 29 December 2007 - 12:06 AM
QUOTE(Rylkan @ Dec 28 2007, 01:30 PM)
Bad Joke Ratty, very very bad.Indeed. Nor was that my reasoning O_O.
Hmm... I might as well have just given another question >_<.
Why are invasive species invasive?
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Posted 29 December 2007 - 12:48 AM
That's their nature.
I may have a reasonable guess tomorrow, after a bit of sleep.
I may have a reasonable guess tomorrow, after a bit of sleep.
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Posted 29 December 2007 - 10:42 PM
QUOTE(Aarоn @ Dec 29 2007, 12:35 PM)
They have no natural predators in their foreign environment.
Indeed. Some exotics have their 'adopted' predators, but then they're less likely to be invasive. Although some still thrive even with those.