Re: Code for a new arm

On Jan 9, 11:35 pm, iaoua iaoua <iaoua.ia...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jan 9, 9:42 pm, Prof Weird <pol...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Nope - limbs are generated via cell:cell interactions mediated by
transcription factors.  In simpler words, redeployment of gene
products that WERE ALREADY THERE.

So you think there is no difference in code for an organism with a fin
and an organism with an arm? You think the quantity of code is the
same for both and for earlier organisms with neither?

Humans are not the species with the most DNA.

If you believe that humans nevertheless are the /best/ species, then
you must also believe that their DNA is /better/ than that of other
species which have more.

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