Genetic system performs logic operations and stores data in DNA

Re:Genetic system performs logic operations and stores data ... by wcoenen on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @08:48AM (#5213013)

I was confused by your comment for a moment. Then I realized that you probably don't know that there already exist natural viruses which hijack bacteria by injecting their own DNA.

Wherever you find bacteria, you also find these bacteriophages. They co-evolve with their host in a never-ending arms race of defenses and counters. No asymmetric crypto though :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage

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Re:Genetic system performs logic operations and stores data ... by arethuza on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @09:02AM (#5213066)

And way up there on the creepy/cool scale there are viruses that incorporate themselves into the DNA that is passed from generation to generation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endogenous_retrovirus

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