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OkConstruction4591 t1_ixzu63a wrote

Reply to comment by aloneforevaprolly in Scientists Have Found a Way To Manipulate Digital Data Stored in DNA by Sorin61

I'm not quite sure what that has to do with encoding digital data, since Okazaki fragments are, AFAIK, involved in replication of DNA and neither transcription nor translation, and are also complementary to the template DNA strand so no "new" data is really being created... I guess you could say that those specific 'bits' are being inverted, but I fail to see how this is linked to the article...

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aloneforevaprolly t1_ixzuvn7 wrote

It’s also involved in cell proliferation which is why I wondered about new data. Because it does create new “data” and doesn’t just replicate from mRNA

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OkConstruction4591 t1_ixzyoh5 wrote

Could you elaborate on how exactly it is involved in cell proliferation, in your perspective? I don't think we're on the same page here.

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aloneforevaprolly t1_iy00pln wrote

Because the codon that makes up Okazaki fragments are genes or new genetic information. I was wondering what the difference is between what our bodies naturally do to create new biological information compared to what this article refers to.

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