Re: BIO: Critique of Current GM Technology

From: Franklin Wayne Poley (culturex@vcn.bc.ca)
Date: Sun Aug 27 2000 - 17:50:24 MDT


On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, Harvey Newstrom wrote:

> Franklin Wayne Poley wrote:
> >On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> >
> > > The article is correct in all its scientific details, as far as I can
> >> tell. I minored in Biochemistry in college and learned some
> >> gene-splicing technologies which are now out of date.
> >
> >Harvey:
> > You are far more up-to-date than me with my doctoral area defense
> >and dissertation in behaviour genetics from 1971. Could you please tell us
> >how the A-G, T-C sequence in DNA profiling compares to the older notion of
> >a "gene profile"? Is a gene locus now an AREA on the double helix with a
> >number of A-G, T-C sequences? Is an allele more than one A-G, T-C set?
> >FWP
>
> No, no and no.
>
> Not only can I not answer your "questions", I can't even understand
> how they could come from a PhD.
>
> Did I pass your test?

It's not a test. If the only sequencing on DNA is A bonded to G at site x
or T bonded to C at a site, then I just assume that a DNA sequence would
be A-G or T-C sequences. That would be a DNA profile. Just asking. Anybody
else?
FWP



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