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SIX GIGAS OF INFORMATION. "Human DNA genome encodes 4^(3 billion) = 2^(6 billion) choices, or 6 billion bits of information. The epigenome encodes at least 2^22,500 choices, or 22,500 bits. The total information is 6,000,022,500 bits, or approximately 6 Gb (gigabits)." https://lnkd.in/dtQfeKi View in LinkedIn

"HUMAN DNA has approximately 3 billion base pairs, according to the National Human Genome Research Institute. That means 4^3,000,000,000 possible base sequences. For simplicity, let’s say that each gene is either suppressed, or not, in the epigenome. That would be a binary choice for each gene. Most humans have between 20,000 and 25,000 genes. Let’s say the average is about 2^22,500 more choices." https://lnkd.in/dtQfeKi View in LinkedIn

COMPUTER CODED INFORMATION can be compared to DNA, viruses, or prions. Most typically, the comparison is to DNA. However, it may be more interesting to compare it to viruses and prions, who live in the grey zone of living. View in LinkedIn

GENETIC CODE, in all its weird and wonderfully diverse forms, has occupied these pages for a long while. As entities that are many millions of years in the evolutionary hopper, they are hugely informative to the topic of computer code, relatively new on Planet Earth. And as strings of information, they have a great deal in common, and even more not in common. View in LinkedIn

VIRUSES AND PRIONS are good examples of biological conundrums where there is little consensus as to whether they are living creatures, or at best on a continuum. These are old debates. Now hold that thought while we ease into the subject of computer code, its evolution, self-replication, and viral forms. View in LinkedIn

LEAVES DETECT DAYLENGTH. "Daylength therefore is perceived in leaves and results in a localized change in the properties of that leaf. Flowering then occurs as a result of a signal transmitted from the leaves to the apex. The change in the leaf is termed induction, while the response at the apex leading to the initiation of flowering is sometimes called evocation." https://lnkd.in/d_f7kfY View in LinkedIn

ACCIDENTAL HYBRIDS. "As virtual spaces become networked and very different potentialities of use collide or become intentionally conjoined, hybrid functionalities will be both intentionally and unintentionally spawned." https://lnkd.in/dCVHq5S View in LinkedIn

LEAF VS SHOOT PHOTORECEPTIVITY. "When either the leaves or the shoot tips of photoperiodically sensitive plants are exposed to different daylengths, flowering depends on the daylength given to the leaves and not to the apex. In several instances, leaves from plants, which have been given a daylength treatment that initiates flowering have been grafted on to plants that have not been exposed to permissive daylengths, with the result being flowering in the receptor plants." https://lnkd.in/d_f7kfY View in LinkedIn

DARK- AND LIGHT-DOMINANT. "Also, in long day plants, unlike in short day plants, the amount and spectral composition of the light given during the day period, especially in the latter part, has a large effect on flowering. If the response to daylength depends primarily on the length of the dark period, the plants are called dark-dominant and conversely, if the light period is the main influence, they are called light-dominant. In general, most short day plants are dark-dominant and most long day plants are light-dominant." https://lnkd.in/d_f7kfY View in LinkedIn

NIGHT BREAKS. "If a long night is interrupted by a short (e.g. 30 min) period of light (or night break) near the middle, short day plants respond as if they have been exposed to an long day. For long day plants, such night breaks are only effective if given in combination with daylengths that are just longer than those needed to permit flowering or if they are of several hours duration." https://lnkd.in/d_f7kfY View in LinkedIn