Lets Go back To Genes
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
GENES:Its GENES not JEANSGENES:Its GENES not JEANS DNA HANd http://images.google.co.in/images?q=tbn:cmPrrnjW_V8J:www.chem.agilent.com/cag/feature/07-00/feature_graphics/01_DNAhand.jpg They are in you and me; they created us, body and mind; and theirpreservation is the ultimate rationale for our existence ... they go by thename of genes, and we are their survival- Richard Dawkins (English biologist,1941-) in The Selfish GeneThis quote dates back to 1976, the year I was born, may be its a reason for my interest in genes and Genetics. I will be writing more on this stuff and share my views and recent developments in genetics, Biology and science of living. Till then Some tests for you:Please stick your tongue out. Who can roll their tongue up at the side into a tube? Now who cannot. While I’m in the business of being silly I’ll try another test. Clasp your hands together without thinking. Have you got the left thumb on top and or the right thumb on top? You mightjust try it the other way but I think you’ll agree you find that it is a bit uncomfortable.Now the genetics of hand clasping and tongue rolling isn’t straightforward but it is certainly a statement that we are all very different from each other. All that diversity of course, is coded in the magical molecule that is known as DNA. DNA is basic recipe for all diversity we see around.For more on DNA, wait 4 next blog.
