stevestory
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| Quote | | Another layman question ... what's the meaning of 5' and 3' ... what do the numbers designate and what do the single quote marks indicate? |
They indicate that the person who said this--
| Quote | (1) No one to my knowledge has ever proposed a stepwise solution of HOW the 2A and 2B chimp chromosomes joined. This appears to be a HUGE obstacle.
(2) The join was 'head-to-head'. If my understanding is true (stated below) that chromosomes are read in only one direction, then this would be a SECOND HUGE OBSTACLE.
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The blow for Neodarwinism comes, however, with the discovery that the theoretical ‘join’ is head-to-head. Since the chromosomes are always ‘read’ in the same direction, this means that the same ‘sentence’ would be read backwards, and would make no biochemical sense! |
--hasn't got so much as a freshman's understanding of biology, yet shoots his mouth off about it.
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