Re: status update 28Jan04

--- In SpaceAgeRobin@yahoogroups.com, "Neil A Mogensen" <neilm@c...> 
wrote:
>> On one occasion I happened to mention to the head of the Dept. 
that I wanted to see the full sequence from a DNA sequence to a 
visible characteristic and he said, "You are about five hundred years 
too soon."  If only he could see what is happening now.
> 

Neil
Today I was reading a book, Chemistry and Biochemistry of Plant 
Pigments.  Part of it is the nearly atom by atom directions for how a 
plant puts together a molecule of carotene or lycopene.  I say almost 
because it starts with a simple molecule, which I have never heard 
of, that that plants seem to hav one hand.  From the context, I am 
sure that if I were a biochemist, I would know that molecule, and 
appreciate the fact that they left out the simple stuff.
The book was updated in 1975, so by that time, some folks knew step 
by step how at least a few simple genes worked.
Walter


 

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