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Re:How much information is in DNA? by throwanem on Saturday May 10, 2025 @07:13AM (#43944761)
Even reading is a destructive process, and the physics involved are incomprehensibly complex by comparison with anything in the digital domain.
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Re:How much information is in DNA? by kjkjadksj on Saturday May 10, 2025 @01:12PM (#43947214)
There are ways to read it nondestructively. One way does trade resolution but once prepped the DNA itself can be imaged to be read.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_banding

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Re:How much information is in DNA? by throwanem on Saturday May 10, 2025 @01:38PM (#43947410)
That does not read DNA. A chromosome is not a strand and a karyotype is not a sequence. In any case, I described what a ribosome does.
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