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Re:Ancient DNA Is Rewriting Human and Neanderthal History by laretluval on Thursday March 15, 2018 @10:15AM (#16593005)
I'm not sure the hardware/software analogy is useful. It's more like DNA is source code with a bunch of if statements that depend on the chemical environment the cell is in.
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Re:Ancient DNA Is Rewriting Human and Neanderthal History by jack6e on Thursday March 15, 2018 @10:34AM (#16593167)
Sorry if that is wrong, I'm just repeating the metaphor used by the more educated people in that other thread to the best of my understanding.
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