tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745817778350624453.post249725506514520635..comments2024-03-29T17:44:23.905+13:00Comments on The Flaxen Saxon Chronicles: Zombie GenesFlaxen Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03431645401478120921noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745817778350624453.post-29843699623079349622016-08-23T10:19:50.926+12:002016-08-23T10:19:50.926+12:00Don't feel too bad James. After 30 years in th...Don't feel too bad James. After 30 years in the profession I'm struggling to keep abreast of new developments in my particular branch of human genetics. Perhaps it is time to retire? Flaxen Saxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431645401478120921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745817778350624453.post-64760422618584426062016-08-23T00:04:48.849+12:002016-08-23T00:04:48.849+12:00I sub-majored in genetics at university back in th...I sub-majored in genetics at university back in the days. Got slightly past the double helix.<br /><br />I think.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745817778350624453.post-49934726488817206102016-08-22T18:46:31.987+12:002016-08-22T18:46:31.987+12:00An interesting postulate- a vestigial response.An interesting postulate- a vestigial response.Flaxen Saxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431645401478120921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745817778350624453.post-31203452490347095092016-08-21T21:45:48.284+12:002016-08-21T21:45:48.284+12:00Fascinating. And picking up on Rosa's point, i...Fascinating. And picking up on Rosa's point, is it as though, sensing the organism's death, there is some attempt to "bud" into new life? Also - forgive the ignorance - I read that we are in some ways a set of colonies and have absorbed or enslaved entities and genetic details from outside over millions of years.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745817778350624453.post-35076431835870243102016-08-21T20:33:22.106+12:002016-08-21T20:33:22.106+12:00An interesting thought is that these could be a re...An interesting thought is that these could be a remnant response that once had some adaptive function in single-celled or simple multicellular organism but which have never been lost because there is no selection pressure to lose them.Rosa Rubicondiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.com