>I just wanted to say welcome to a new reflectorite,
>Gelnn Moron. Welcome Moron;-)
I too would like to welcome Mr. Moron. I noticed that his name stands only 2
mutational steps apart from mine. There is an inversion of the l and e and a
deletion of thet from my names. I bet Mr. Moron and I are relatives!
The interesting thing about these typos is that in spite of them being
deleterious to normal spelling rules, the sequence's functionality, (to refer
to me) was preserved through all the mutations. No one was fooled into
thinking that Brian, Neal or Burgy, were talking about Bill Hamilton. This is
a perfect illustration that exact sequence order in words is not absolutely
essential in order for meaning to be conveyed. Similarly the exact sequence
of DNAs, RNAs, and amino acids are not necessary for biochemical function to
be preserved. This is why there are 10^95 different cytochrome c variations
which will perform the appropriate function. (Brian, I am getting dangerously
close to picking my nose in public again, please stop me) Some of these
sequences are not efficient, but the fuction still takes place.
The impact of this is that probability calculations for the odds against life
forming(like on Mars) which depend upon one and only one molecule being useful
are erroneous.
Hows this for turning a typo into an object lesson?
gelnn moron