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Re:What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely k... by pintxo on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @03:15AM (#29482325)
> that our DNA can tell us about the environments our genetic ancestors lived in.

It‘s afaik not the DNA transporting the information, but epigenetics. Eg everything around the DNA deciding what parts to read/ignore.

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Re:What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely k... by popcube on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @02:20PM (#29489124)
he is talking about our DNA are evolution results of our ancients, and because they can estimate age and natural selection stress of genes, maybe it is possible to rebuild phenotype of ancient. For example, estimating egg size of octopus, web type of spiders... and so on.
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