News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Theory Suggests That All Genes Affect Every Complex Trait. Parent comment

Re:Theory Suggests That All Genes Affect Every Complex Trait by tome on Thursday June 21, 2018 @09:20AM (#17364802)
> Evolution doesn't abstract

What does this mean? Are cells, for example, not abstractions?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Theory Suggests That All Genes Affect Every Complex Trait by coldtea on Thursday June 21, 2018 @09:24AM (#17364828)
Parent means it doesn't consciously abstract -- not that abstractions cannot result from it.

In the same way the banana skin is a great packaging solution, but it wasn't created to serve as packaging for our consumption.

[ Parent | on HN ]