Sunday, January 3, 2010 - Henderson NV
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Snow, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu NM, December 24, 2009
Night camp
My cousin's place, Henderson NV
Few genes are required
One's brain is powerfully activated by learning that there are only 30,000 genes in the human genome. That is only twice as many as in the fruit fly, not renowned for its calculating ability, and about as many as a garden weed. Geneticists are sorely vexed that so few genes are required to make something as complex and clever as a geneticist.
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