Re: BIOLOGY: Mouse and Human Genome similarity

From: Max M (maxmcorp@worldonline.dk)
Date: Thu Dec 05 2002 - 17:22:31 MST


Joao Magalhaes wrote:
>
> As I've been trying to convince people working on aging, biology is
> highly hierarchical. For example, the few proteins controlling gene
> expression can regulate entire complex processes--and why not aging too?

While I do hope you are right, I believe that this could just be a case
of, "Different tools for different jobs"

The body of a mouse is an other tool than a human body, so the "design
decisions", the cost and trad-off's that evolutions has made, could
probably explain the differences.

regards Max M Rasmussen, Denmark

http://www.futureport.dk/
Fremtiden, videnskab, skeptiscisme og transhumanisme



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